About that job interview... Boston-based Web site is clearinghouse to get hints on what to expect

01/30/2006
Lowell Sun
By TOM SPOTH, Sun Staff

[...] Puvu.com {is} a new Web site that buys and sells reports on job interviews at Boston-area companies. Puvu.com pays $40 for reports that are at least 500 words long and contain 10 or more questions asked during the interview. Snippets of the reports are then posted on the site, but to read the whole thing, individuals must pay $20 and companies are charged $80.

Ashot Hayrapetyan, the site's creator, said he came up with the idea after a particularly vexing job interview with Goldman Sachs, a worldwide financial-services company.
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Born and raised in Armenia, Hayrapetyan has a master's degree in applied math, and previously worked on the mathematical modeling of nuclear explosions at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. He also had a stint as a computer programmer at MIT, but is now focusing on Puvu.com.
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The site has been up for nearly a year and now contains about 100 reports. Traffic increased considerably earlier this month after Puvu.com was featured in The Boston Globe. Hayrapetyan hopes the publicity will raise awareness of the service and eventually allow him to expand -- he hopes to cover the Boston area extensively and ultimately offer job-interview reports for companies nationwide.
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Abrams, who has invited Hayrapetyan to appear on his radio show, called Hire Frequencies, is intrigued by Puvu.com's business model.

"It's one of those things where you sort of hit yourself on the head and say, 'Why didn't I think about this?'" he said. "I'm shocked that someone hasn't already done it."

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