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Students
Do the work. Get ranked on it.
Real briefs, feedback in minutes, and a city that grows with every rated day.
Ava, here are 3 briefs for you
Market entry analysisStrategy · 45 minGreat fit
Pricing change reviewFinance · 30 minStart
Onboarding teardownProduct · 40 minGood fit
Last feedback · Market sizing
84Strong framing. Name your kill threshold earlier.
Companies
Post a real task. See who can do it.
Free to post. Every submission is scored on the same five dimensions and checked before you see it.
Market entry memo · 38 submissionsRanked
- 1Leila HaddadStarted from who switches first, then sized the beachhead.88
- 2Jonah ReyesScored on five dimensions82
- 3Ava ThompsonScored on five dimensions79
- 4Marcus BellScored on five dimensions73
Next step
Shortlist top 3Message Leila
Recruiters
Your top 50, scored on real work.
Find your strongest 50, invite them to a timed build, and compare the work side by side.
Top 50 · frontend engineers
Priya RamanSenior Frontend Engineer · Stripe4.2/5
Maya OkaforCreative Developer · Figma4.0/5
Aiko TanakaUI Engineer · Linear4.0/5
Why Scout shortlisted Priya
Applied last spring · design systems
Approve outreachAssign a timed build
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RuneShips City: the interview game
Start on an empty lot.
Your city is your track record. Nothing here is handed to you: every street is laid by work you actually did.
What would you like to work on?
My briefs
From invite to offer
No résumé screen to get past. Just a real task, and a fair look at what you made.
- 01
Invite
A recruiter using RuneShips invites you to a task that fits your background.
- 02
Task
Build something real on the clock, like a Wordle in 30 minutes, and explain your approach.
- 03
Score
Your work is scored on strategy, execution, communication, technical skill and creativity.
- 04
Next steps
The recruiter sees your work first, and decides on next steps from there.
You do the work, RuneShips shows it
Feedback that teaches. Every submission is scored on five dimensions, with specific notes on what to do better next time.
How feedback worksA profile that proves it. Completed tasks become a portable record of what you can do, with the work behind every score.
See an example profilePractice out loud. Voice interviews in interview world, with a debrief on what you covered and what you missed.
Try interview worldAnd everything around it
An AI job scout
Scout finds roles that ask for the skills your work already shows, and links the brief that proves it.
Track your improvement
See each dimension move brief by brief, so you know exactly what to practice next.
Show your thinking
Submit how you framed the problem alongside the finished work, so the reasoning counts too.
runeships.com/tasks/market-entry
Market entry analysis
How I framed it
Started from who switches first, not total market size…
Finished work
Submitteddocs.google.com/…/market-entry-memo
What makes RuneShips different?
Most applications ask for experience. RuneShips lets you show it.
When you ask
I don’t have experience yet. How do I show I can do the job?
Traditional application
“Two years of experience required.”
RuneShips
- Picking a brief that matches the role you want
- Scoring your submission on five dimensions
- Adding it to your portable profile
Your first task is on your profile, with the work behind the score.
When you ask
Did anyone actually read my application?
Online application
“We’ll be in touch if there’s a fit.”
RuneShips
- Reading your submission and your reasoning
- Explaining the score on each dimension
- Suggesting what to fix next time
Communication was your strongest dimension. Here’s exactly what would lift execution.
When you ask
How do I get ready for a case interview?
Prep list
“Here are 50 common case questions.”
RuneShips
- Opening the consulting room in interview world
- Asking a market sizing question out loud
- Debriefing what you covered and missed
Your structure was clear, but you skipped the sanity check. Try the follow-up.
Illustrative examples — not live data.
and of course…
Your work stays yours
Taking a task is always your choice. What you build is yours, and using it requires your consent.
Your choiceEvery task is opt-in
Student-owned workUsing it requires consent
Free to startStay on Free as long as you like
Not free labourNo production work in disguise
Everything that makes RuneShips different.
(and fairer!)
Real work deserves a fair shot, whatever school you go to. RuneShips judges what you made and how you thought about it.
What does the recruiter see from my Wordle?
- BuildYour Wordle, submitted in 27 of 30 minutes
- Write-upHow you approached it and what you’d change
- ScoresFive dimensions, with the reasoning
- FeedbackSpecific notes on what to improve
Practice briefs modelled on real companies
McKinsey & CompanyConsultingFigmaProduct design
Goldman SachsBanking
Boston Consulting GroupConsulting
NotionProduct
JPMorgan ChaseBanking
Bain & CompanyConsultingStripeFintech
BlackRockAsset management
DeloitteAdvisory
LinearProduct
Jane StreetTrading
PwCAdvisory
DatadogEngineering
Morgan StanleyBanking
OgilvyMarketing
AirbnbMarketplace
RampFintech
Procter & GambleConsumer goods
SpotifyMedia
NVIDIAHardware
PepsiCoConsumer goods
DuolingoEducation
OpenAIAI researchPractice briefs are written by RuneShips in the style of each company’s work. They aren’t affiliated with or endorsed by these companies.
Mock tasks
Timed tasks candidates can be given
Real work on the clock. Every task is scored on the same five dimensions.
0130 min
STARECRANEGRACE
Build a Wordle
Guessing, scoring and a keyboard, working in the browser.
021 hr
1,204 km away
Build a GeoGuessr
Drop a pin, measure the distance, score the round.
0345 min
SCORE 0340
Build a small game
Any genre. One mechanic, done well, with a write-up.
0445 min
$9Basic
$19Plus
$39Pro
Pricing change review
Recommend new tiers and prices with a model behind them.
0545 min
Students on campus32,000
Drink coffee58%
Cups a day1.4
Cups a week≈ 180k
Market sizing: campus coffee
Size it before you pick a location. Show the assumptions.
0690 min
Sign up100%
Profile71%
Invite38%
Done22%
Onboarding teardown
Find where people drop in the first-run flow, then fix it.
0760 min
Churn driver analysis
Find why customers leave, then say what to fix first.
0860 min
PriceSpeedYou
Positioning brief
Pick the audience, the promise and the proof, on one page.
Mock questions
Practice questions, answered out loud
Voice interviews in interview world, with a debrief on what you covered and what you missed.
01Voice · 5 min
Case
“How many cups of coffee does a large campus sell in a week?”
Consulting roomMarket sizing
Structure first, then the maths, then a sanity check.
02Voice · 5 min
Product
“Onboarding completion fell 12% last month. Where do you look first?”
Product roomMetric drop
Separate a real change from a tracking change.
03Voice · 4 min
Finance
“Depreciation goes up by $10. Walk me through all three statements.”
Banking roomThree statements
Follow one change through every statement.
04Voice · 8 min
Engineering
“Design a rate limiter for a public API. What breaks first at 10× traffic?”
Engineering roomSystem design
Start simple, then say what breaks and why.
05Voice · 5 min
Data
“An A/B test lifts conversion 3%, but revenue is flat. What happened?”
Data roomExperiment readout
Question the result before you ship it.
06Voice · 3 min
Behavioural
“Tell me about a time data changed your mind.”
Behavioural roomChanging your mind
A real example, what the data showed, what you did.
07Voice · 6 min
Strategy
“Should a meal-kit company launch in a new city?”
Consulting roomMarket entry
Decide what you’d need to know before saying yes.
08Voice · 6 min
Design
“Redesign checkout for a first-time buyer on mobile.”
Design roomMobile checkout
Design for the person buying for the first time.