YC founder asks desperate job seekers to tattoo themselves for an interview
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- LemonLime CEO Jordan Zietz offered job interviews to applicants who got a permanent tattoo of the company's logo.
- Seven people accepted the offer and received tattoos, though Zietz later claimed participants chose their own designs.
- Zietz issued a public apology after backlash, calling the move a poorly exercised judgment and offering to pay for tattoo removal.
- Critics said the policy was abhorrent and potentially illegal, with one attendee disputing Zietz's claim that no one got a logo tattoo.
- LemonLime is a Y Combinator graduate with no additional funding beyond the accelerator's $500,000 investment.