Survive the Stack

You're the recruiter.

A stack of resumes, six seconds each, and not enough interview slots. Find the good ones before the clock does.

The opening
Marketing Coordinator
Ridgeline Outfitters (fictional)

A 40-store outdoor gear retailer. Wants two or more years in marketing, email campaigns, social, in-store events and a monthly report someone actually reads.

  • •Two or more years in a marketing role, retail or consumer brand preferred
  • •Plan, send and report on weekly email campaigns
  • •Run the social calendar for the brand and local stores
  • •Coordinate in-store events and product launches with store managers
  • •Build a monthly marketing report from email, social and sales data
  1. 120 resumes, six seconds each. Swipe right to shortlist, left to pass. Arrow keys work on a computer.
  2. 2From your shortlist, pick 4 interviews.
  3. 3See who you missed, what kind of recruiter you are, and where your own resume would land in this pile.

Every resume in the stack is fictional. Names change every game.