§ Issue 04 · For candidates · Spring 2026

Make your résumé
the smartest thing
on the internet.

Olibr is a free, community-built job board for engineers, designers, product, data, marketing, ops — everyone. Build a shareable digital profile in two minutes, apply to live roles directly, sharpen up with mock interviews and skill tests. One URL replaces the PDF.

Create your profile Browse 1,247 jobsTwo minutes. No card. No upgrade tier.
Free forever — never a paywall
One profile, one URL, used everywhere
AI mock interviews + skill tests built in
Video intros & peer reviews on your page
11,402 recruiters search Olibr each month
Apply direct — no recruiter middleman
India + US + remote roles, every category
Your current employer never sees you
Figure 01 · The community count

Candidates from every kind of role have built profiles on Olibr. Youd be in good company.

Engineering — backend, frontend, ML, devops, mobileDesign — product, brand, UX research, motionProduct & data — PMs, analysts, scientistsGo-to-market — sales, marketing, contentOps, finance, HR — and everything in between
180,000+
§ Chapter II

The job search,
as three steps.

Build a profile worth being found, get found, and use the toolkit to keep sharp between conversations. None of these steps is gated. None costs money. You set the pace.

01

Create your profile.

Two minutes. Tell us what you do, where you’ve done it, and what you’d like next. No PDF upload required — we build the profile for you as you type.

~2 minute setupAdd work, education, linksPick public or private visibility
02

Apply, or get found.

Browse 1,247 live roles and apply in one click. Or let recruiters come to you — 11,402 of them search Olibr every month, filtered by stack, role, location and seniority.

One-click apply, no résumé re-uploadRecruiter messages → your inboxApplication status, always visible
03

Sharpen with the toolkit.

AI mock interviews, HackerRank and HackerEarth skill assessments, intro videos, peer reviews. Practice as often as you want. The good results show up on your profile; the bad ones don’t.

Practice, don’t pass-or-failChoose what publishesAll five tools, all free
§ Chapter III · The toolkit

Six tools
that make your
profile matter.

Every recruiting platform charges for the things below. Olibr doesnt. Use as many as you want, as often as you want. Publish only the results youre proud of.

01

AI mock interviews.

Practice for the interview youre worried about. The AI asks follow-ups in your stack — engineering, design critique, PM case, sales discovery, take-your-pick. Get a written rubric after. Run it again tomorrow. Run it ten times.

Sample rubric
Technical depth0.82
Clarity0.74
Problem framing0.81
Re-attemptsunlimited
60–90 minUnlimited attempts
02

HackerRank & HackerEarth skill tests.

Real third-party assessments, integrated into Olibr. Take the same tests companies use to vet candidates. Your verified score becomes a badge on your profile. Skip the test? No badge, no penalty.

Earned badges · sample
Go · HackerRank★★★★★
SQL · HackerRank★★★★☆
Algorithms · HackerEarthVerified
30–60 minVerified by 3rd party
03

Intro videos, 60 seconds.

A short, recorded pitch on top of your profile. Tell hiring teams who you are, what youre working on, and what youre looking for. Re-record as many times as you like. Recruiters tell us they watch them — and call back faster when they do.

Intro · sample
Length0:58
Recorded in-appbrowser
Replay rate84%
1 minuteBrowser-recorded
04

Reviews & endorsements.

Ask a past manager, a peer or a teammate to vouch for you. They answer three questions; you publish what you like. Verified endorsements appear on your profile next to the work they refer to — not as a vague I recommend Priya line.

Endorsement · sample
FromPast manager
For projectRazorpay · Q3
Verifiedvia work email
2 min askEmail-verified
05

Your shareable digital profile.

The point of all of the above. One URL pulls it together — your work, your stack, your video, your rubrics, your verified badges, your endorsements. Send it to a friend, embed it on your portfolio, paste it in a cover note. It updates when you do.

Your URL
olibr.com/p/priya-rao
VisibilityPublic · or set private
Updateslive · no re-upload
Always liveEmbeddable + printable
06

Résumé analyzer.

Upload your existing résumé and Olibr reads it the way an ATS does — then tells you whats strong, whats weak, whats missing. Buried seniority, verbs without metrics, the bullet that says nothing. Fix the gaps before you apply. Re-run after every edit.

Sample readout
Overall7.4 / 10
ATS-readable★★★★☆
Quantified impact★★☆☆☆ weak
Action verbs★★★★☆
Lengthjust right
~90 secondsPDF or DOCX
§ Chapter IV · The digital profile

One URL.
The whole picture.

Your Olibr profile is what hiring teams actually read. It pulls together everything youve built in the toolkit — into a single page that reads like a thoughtful résumé, not a PDF that someone parsed wrong.

You decide whats on it. You decide who sees it. It updates when you update it — no more let me send you a fresh PDF. Send the URL once; it stays current.

olibr.com/p/priya-rao

One page, your work. Embed on personal site. Printable.
Public, private, or shared with specific people only.

olibr.com/p/priya-rao
P
Priya Rao
Senior Product Designer · Mumbai · open to roles
About
Product designer with seven years at consumer-fintech startups. Currently designing onboarding for a payments app that 4M people use. Looking for staff/lead roles where I can work end-to-end on real problems.
Video
0:58 · What I work on, and what Id like next
Recorded 12 May 2026
Skills
Product designOnboarding flowsFigmaVariables & tokensUX researchPrototyping
Verified
★ HackerEarth · UX★ Olibr mock · 0.86★ Reviews · 3
Review
Priya redesigned our checkout in 6 weeks — abandonment dropped from 23% to 9%. Shes the rare designer who reads the data first. Vikram S. · former eng director · verified via work email
Work
Sr. Product Designer · Razorpay · 2023 present
Product Designer · CRED · 2020 2023
Designer · Independent · 2018 2020
§ Chapter V · The crossings-out

Things you dont
have to do anymore.

Every line below is something we hear from candidates about why job searching is a chore. None of these is part of how Olibr works. A good profile, the toolkit, an apply button, and your time back.

No. 01
Reformat your résumé fourteen ways for fourteen different applications.
→ One profile, one URL, used everywhere
No. 02
Pay X per month for the upgrade tier that lets recruiters find you better.
→ Visibility isn’t a paywall on Olibr
No. 03
Write a cover letter that nobody finishes reading.
→ A 60-second intro video that someone will
No. 04
Apply to two hundred roles, hear back from three.
→ Apply status visible · updated on review
No. 05
Pretend you dont have a salary expectation because someone will use it against you.
→ Set a range; companies see only that
No. 06
Worry that your current employer will spot you on the job board.
→ Current employer hidden by default
Letter from

Mumbai

19.0760° N, 72.8777° E
Profile views · 412 / month

I built my Olibr profile on a Sunday evening. Two minutes for the basics, twenty for the video, an hour for the HackerEarth UX test. By Tuesday three recruiters had messaged me, including a senior role at the company Id been quietly trying to get into for two years. The thing that actually changed was being able to send one URL — olibr.com/p/priya-rao instead of a PDF that always looked broken on someones phone. The interviews ran cleaner. The offers came faster. None of it cost me anything.

Priya R.
Senior Product Designer · Mumbai · profile live since Jan 2026
3 recruiter messages in 48 hrs
Offer signed in 21 days
Toolkit used: video, HackerEarth, mock
§ Chapter VII · On transparency

What companies see, and what stays yours.

Free and public-by-default doesnt mean visible to everyone in every way. Here is exactly what a hiring company gets to see when your Olibr profile comes up in their search — and what they dont.

They see

Whats on your page.

  • Your work history and skillsWhat you’ve built, in what role, for how long. As you wrote it.
  • Your intro videoIf you’ve recorded one. Optional, never required.
  • Verified skill badges & mock-interview scoresOnly the ones you chose to publish. Failed attempts stay hidden.
  • Endorsements & reviewsFrom past managers and peers, work-email verified.
  • Your stated preferencesCompensation range, work mode, notice, what you’re looking for.
They dont see

Whats still yours.

  • Your current employerHidden by default. You can unhide it for specific companies if you want.
  • Failed mock attempts & unpublished testsDrafts and weak runs stay on your side of the table.
  • Your contact detailsUntil you accept a recruiter message. No scraping, no DM blasts.
  • Your exact salary expectationRange only, set by you. No precise number ever leaves your account.
  • Companies you’ve talked to beforeEach conversation is private to that company. They can’t see your other threads.

The honest
questions, answered.

Q&A column · No. 22
Written by the team. Last revised on 14 May 2026.
Press / to search the rest at help.olibr.com.

i.Is Olibr only for software engineers?+
No. Olibr is open to candidates from every role — designers, product managers, data scientists, marketers, sales, ops, finance, HR, customer success, and the long tail. About 58% of profiles are in engineering categories, but the platform isn’t built for any one of them. Roles in every category appear on the job board, posted by recruiters who use the same tools you do.
ii.Is Olibr actually free for candidates? What’s the catch?+
Yes, always. Candidates don’t pay for the profile, the job applications, the mock interviews, the skill assessments, the videos, the reviews, or anything else. There is no premium tier you’ll be nudged to upgrade to. We earn from companies on the hiring side — either through optional placement fees or through their subscriptions. If anyone ever asks you to pay to be visible on Olibr, that’s not Olibr.
iii.How long does it actually take to set up a profile?+
The basics — name, current role, top three skills, a short bio — take about two minutes. A complete profile with work history, an intro video and one skill badge is closer to twenty. You don’t have to do it all at once; your profile is searchable as soon as the basics are in.
iv.Do I have to take the AI mock interview or skill assessments to apply for jobs?+
No. The toolkit is for your benefit, not as a gate. You can apply to any live role on Olibr without ever touching a mock interview or a skill test. The tools are there so you can practice on your own time and put proof on your profile if you want to. Recruiters see whatever you publish — nothing more, nothing less.
v.Will my current employer find out I’m on Olibr?+
Not unless you tell them. Your current employer is hidden from every company on the platform by default, including in search results. You can choose to reveal it to specific companies you want to talk to, but it’s never the default. Hiring teams see your work history without seeing where you currently work.
vi.What if I’m not actively looking, but want a profile ready?+
That’s the common case. Set yourself to “not actively looking” and your profile stays in your account, off the job-board search. You can still share the URL with specific people, use it as your résumé, and take mock interviews or skill tests on your own time. Flip the toggle when you’re ready and the search index picks you back up.
§ The last page

Two minutes now,
a year of not applying.

Build a profile that reads better than any PDF. Apply to live roles directly. Let recruiters find you. Practice with the toolkit when you want to. Free, always, for candidates.

Create your profile View a sample profile~2 minutes setup · public or private · embeddable