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Idea stolen during an interview. What should I do?

29 points interviewwtf | 1 comments | 17 Oct 24 21:16 UTC | HN request time: 0.202s | source

Keeping this intentionally vague.

I interviewed with a series B company a couple of months ago. During the interview with the CTO I proposed a way that could effectively 3X their MAU. They were genuinely impressed by it, and stated they didn't think of that. Like it seemed natural, and I'm considered an expert in this field.

I ended up not getting the job, and not thinking much of it. Fast-forward a couple of months, and it's their new growth strategy. I got no credit for this, and not even a call back. Is there anything I can do?

1. loeber ◴[17 Oct 24 22:34 UTC] No.41874496[source]▶
If they were actually impressed by you, they would've probably hired you. If you can come up with a 3X MAU strategy in a single interview, then of course they'd want to hire you. Imagine what you could do in a single month!

Chances are some other part of the interview went wrong in a way you didn't recognize, and perhaps the same idea also was raised internally or by another candidate.

Not everything suspicious has a bad explanation. Sometimes reality is simpler.