Questions
Questions about winq
What winq does, how to start free, and what happens to your data.
What is winq?
winq is a job search tool. It reads new jobs from company career pages, drops every job whose ad breaks one of your deal-breakers, and shows you the few that fit, each with the reason and your best way in. winq (winqjobs.com) is not Wynk Jobs, WinCo or any other company with a similar name.
How is winq different from a job board or an AI job matcher?
On a job board a filter is a suggestion: a remote search still shows hybrid jobs and reposts. AI job matchers rank jobs but may still show ones that break your rules. Job trackers organize jobs you already found. winq does the finding: it reads company career pages on its own, drops every job whose ad breaks a deal-breaker or is no longer listed, and gives each job left a reason and your best way in. It never applies for you.
Is winq free?
You can start free, with no card: your first 3 searches, one when you finish setup, then two more follow on their own. After those, the plan page explains the ways to keep searching. winq never charges per application, because it never applies for you.
Who pays for winq?
Job seekers do. No employer pays winq, and no company can buy a place in your feed, so a job shows up because it fits your deal-breakers.
What does winq do with my résumé?
Your résumé is stored privately and no company or recruiter sees it. winq's servers read it, and its text goes to the AI that analyzes it to draft your profile and your notes. Delete a résumé, or your account, and the file is deleted.
Does winq apply to jobs for me?
No. winq never applies for you, never messages anyone and never sends anything in your name. It finds the jobs and the way in to each.
What counts as a deal-breaker?
A rule a job has to pass: where you can work (remote means remote), your level, the kind of role, the job type, the lowest pay you'd take when the posting states it, and companies you never want to see. winq drops a job whose posting says it breaks one, however well it matches otherwise. If a posting says nothing clear about a rule, the job stays in.
How does winq decide which jobs are worth a shot?
A job is worth a shot when it passes every one of your deal-breakers, scores high against your résumé and the role you want, and is still listed. Each score comes with a plain sentence on why the job fits you and what to watch out for before you apply. It is not a guess at your odds.
Where does winq find jobs?
On company career pages, many of them hosted as job boards on Ashby, Greenhouse, Lever and other applicant tracking systems, and in a few public job lists, like Hacker News Who's Hiring. Company career pages carry jobs that the big job sites often miss.
What is “your best way in”?
The most direct route to a person at the company for that job. If you've uploaded your LinkedIn connections and you know someone there, it's them. For up to 3 of your top jobs in any 30 days, winq also looks for the person to write to on the company's site and in the posting, and names them when it finds them. Otherwise you get a LinkedIn search for the people around the role. winq never guesses a name, so every job gets a way in but not always a name. LinkedIn lets you export your connections as a file, and you can delete the upload at any time. For those same jobs winq also drafts a short note and the box text for the application, from your own experience. You edit them and send them yourself.