Ten companies. Real people. Proof they cannot ignore.
Kitbound turns everything you have done into applications, outreach, and interview prep that actually lands offers. Free during the beta, for anyone 18 or older.
- Tailor your résuméCurrent
- Apply
- Find your two contacts
- Build your proof project
- Send LinkedIn notes
- Send your emails
- Follow up
- Log a response
How it works
Every bounty follows the same eight-step Trail. You do each step yourself, from your own accounts. Kitbound drafts, checks, and keeps you on the path.
1. Tailor your résumé
Your one-page résumé, tailored to the posting, with every change explained.
2. Apply
Apply on the company site. Kitbound never submits applications for you.
3. Find your two contacts
Two real people: the likely hiring manager and a senior leader in that function.
4. Build your proof project
A small piece of real work aimed at the team's actual problem.
5. Send LinkedIn notes
Short connection notes, under 300 characters, that you send yourself.
6. Send your emails
Two emails with your project link and résumé, staggered a day apart.
7. Follow up
One follow-up after five business days, then quiet.
8. Log a response
Log replies and interviews. Prep opens the moment you book one.
Why this works
The method inside Kitbound is not a theory. Kitbound's founder ran it in September 2026 for a Forward Deployed Engineer role at a venture-backed AI risk-decisioning company.
Kitbound encodes exactly this sequence, so anyone can run it for ten companies at once.
Day 1
Applied through the company's site with a tailored one-page résumé. That evening, built a small risk-decisioning engine as a proof project, with honest evaluation results in the README.
Day 2
Emailed the Chief Product Officer and the Chief Executive, each with the project link and résumé, offering to prove himself on a real problem.
Day 4
The recruiting coordinator invited him to a first-round call with the hiring manager.
Days 6 to 13
Four rounds. Before each, he prepared by talking it through: the company, its vocabulary, every résumé line, and answers locked in his own words. No AI during any interview.
Day 15
Verbal offer.
Day 18
Signed offer.
Built for every kind of work
The proof changes with the field. The method stays the same, with a degree or without one.
Logistics and operations
From the cab or the dock: a delay and cost snapshot for a few of their shipping lanes, or a dock scheduling proposal to cut wait times.
Skilled trades
A sample takeoff and estimate for a job like the ones they bid, or a plan to roll out a safety checklist across a crew.
Software
Self-taught, bootcamp, or degree: a small working tool that uses their public API, with tests and a README that states results plainly.
Finance and accounting
A three-statement model built from public filings, with a two-page investment memo.
Healthcare
A patient wait-time snapshot for their clinics from public quality data, with three changes to try first.
Retail and customer service
A service recovery playbook built from their public reviews, or a plan to cut shrink and inventory errors in one store.
Data and AI
A prediction baseline on a public dataset from their domain, with an error analysis and honest limitations.
Marketing and communications
A campaign plan for one of their products: audience, positioning, three sample posts, and a measurement plan.
For career centers
Schools license Kitbound to add a Career Center console, advisors, and outcome reports. Your team sees outcomes, not private documents.
Outcomes
Activation, reply rate, interview rate, and offers by cohort and major, with a minimum group size of 10.
Integrity
Truth only. No auto-apply, no auto-send, no help during live interviews.
Privacy
FERPA school official posture. Advisor sharing is off until each student turns it on.