theSkimm

If you’ve ever heard us talk about hiring (see here and here ) you know one of the biggest hurdles in the early days of theSkimm was hiring engineers. Why? We had no idea how to talk to them (...

https://blog.theskimm.com/teach-me-how-to-debuggie-e193e21ec235

A few years ago when this community started forming and Skimm’bassadors became a thing, we set up something called Skimm’r of the Week. It was a program to highlight people in theSkimm co...

https://blog.theskimm.com/introducing-skimmr-of-the-year-95ebacda881e

In the early Skimm days, we became excellent stalkers. No, seriously. We once waited outside of a hotel bathroom for Susan Lyne (sorry, Susan!). We tried to find out which exercise studio Jenny F...

https://blog.theskimm.com/no-bs-no-cry-introducing-skimmd-from-the-couch-932123bfb6e

2017 moved pretty fast. If you didn’t stop and look around once in awhile, you might’ve missed it. If you still write 2016 in the ‘Date’ box sometimes…we feel you. Now’s the time to s...

https://blog.theskimm.com/17-for-17-here-s-what-we-learned-this-year-c5e95d6336d5

We recently published a blog about our go-to interview questions, plus some from our Skimm team managers. You asked for more, so welcome to part 2. Below are a few things our team leads ask when...

https://blog.theskimm.com/our-go-to-interview-questions-part-2-e8fb9bf337

A lot of you have asked us what types of interview questions you should expect to get on a job interview and — if you’re on the other side of the interview table — what types of que...

https://blog.theskimm.com/our-go-to-interview-questions-part-1-ebd69b1bcc56

When we first started theSkimm , we were at a small dinner and sitting next to the CEO of a Fortune 500 company. Skimm A asked the CEO what she does when she just needs to freak out about somethi...

https://blog.theskimm.com/billy-dont-be-a-hero-our-top-meltdowns-45b55cdea484

Before we worked at theSkimm , neither of us had ever been very good at negotiating salaries. Negotiating is actually a generous term for what we did. When we were told a salary we didn’t agree...

https://blog.theskimm.com/all-the-way-up-negotiating-a-salary-910ea855769a

For the past few days, everyone (yes, everyone) at Skimm HQ has been hacking it up. Aka it’s hackaton time. This hackathon’s theme? Deepening engagement in new ways. Our hackathon winners go...

https://blog.theskimm.com/baby-got-hack-9220419eae85

Today, theSkimm launched its third No Excuses campaign . And we’re so excited to tell you all about it. Time to get your head in the healthcare game. HOW DID WE GET HERE AGAIN? No Excuses ...

https://blog.theskimm.com/drake-called-he-wants-you-to-take-care-of-your-health-no-excuses-e1cdd5707b44