Hi,
We are moving you to the next step in our recruitment process. In this step, we will be
evaluating your abilities to learn new things and your attention to detail.
Here is your assignment along with the instructions.
1. Find the name and email id of the founders for the below-mentioned New York-based
startups:
• Feather
• Unqork
• Choosy
• Great Jones
• Rhino
Output expected
• Create & fill 3 columns in an excel sheet - the name of the startup, name of the
founder, and email address of the founder.
• Also, share the steps taken to find the email addresses (tools, techniques, hacks,
etc.)
A few points to keep in mind:
- The email address needs to be of the founder(s) only. Do not share email addresses of
shared inboxes such as support@, contact@, etc.
Answer:
Startup Founder Name Email Address
Feather Jay Reno jay.j.reno@gmail.com
Unqork Gary Hoberman gary@unqork.com
Choosy Jessie Zeng jessie.y.zeng@gmail.com
Great Jones Sierra Tishgart sierra@greatjonesgoods.com
Rhino Paraag Sarva paraag@sayrhino.com
Steps taken:
1. LinkedIn search for cross referencing founder information
2. Other platforms such as SalesHandy and ContactOut for relevant information
3. Company specific research such as Y Combinator, contact and about section of
company website.
4. Sources like funding websites with key contact information such as vcnewsdaily.
5. Cross referenced multiple sources for accuracy
6. Prioritized most recent information and active founder status and roles.
2. Imagine you are starting an e-commerce portal in India and you need a method to collect
payments from US-based customers who want to make purchases on your website. For
this, you will need to integrate an international payment gateway (PG) into your
e-commerce site.
Output Expected
• Find out 3 international payment gateways that will help you in collecting payments
on your website in US dollars.
• Compare these payment gateways feature by feature in an excel sheet. Share the
source of information as well.
Answer:
Features PayPal Stripe Adyen
Interchange++
2.9% + 1.5% model: €0.10-
4.4% for international €0.15 +
Transaction Fee international card fee = 4.4% interchange +
(International) transactions total scheme fees
0.6-1.2% above
market rate for
Currency 3-4% above mid- 2% currency currency
Conversion Markup market rate conversion fee conversion
100+ currencies for 150+ currencies,
Multi-Currency receiving, 25+ for 135+ currencies multi-currency
Support balance supported accounts
2-7 business
days (instant Flexible settlement,
1-3 business days payouts +1% real-time options
Settlement Timeline to bank account fee) available
REST APIs, Developer-
extensive friendly APIs,
documentation, extensive Single unified API
API Integration moderate plugins and for all payment
Quality complexity libraries methods
Email, chat
support
(premium Dedicated account
24/7 phone, email, phone support management, 24/7
Customer Support chat support available) technical support
PCI DSS
compliant, PCI DSS Level 1,
PCI DSS Level 1, machine tokenization, smart
Security buyer protection, learning fraud routing, risk
Compliance fraud monitoring detection management
Sources:
1. Developer documentation
2. Official pricing pages of each platform
3. Professional review sites such as G2.com and wise.com
4. Fintech research platforms such as skydo and finexer
Please submit your work within 90 minutes by replying to the email through which you
received the assignment link.
