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Harvard Admissions Officer Joins Team Matchbox

Elizabeth Pabst joins Matchbox from the world of undergraduate admissions. We got to sit down with Elizabeth and learn a bit about her admissions history. What was your first job out of college? My first job out of college was in the Office of Career Services at Harvard. That said, I really wanted to be …

No Car? No Problem.

Boston makes it easy to get to work. And Matchbox makes it even easier.   Searching for a job is a multi-faceted and often tedious process. There are several factors that one must take into consideration before determining which offer to accept, outside of the scope of the role in question. Many companies go out …

Cash for Code

There was once a marketing coordinator, a recruiter and 2,255 Python developers in a room… Sounds like a joke, right? Well, that was our reality this weekend. Team Matchbox was in Santa Clara for PyCon 2012. We traveled  in a group of five. Two developers, one CEO, and the previously mentioned recruiter and coordinator. Our …

Villains Need Not Apply

Matchbox is always looking to bring on new talent to the team. We are proud to have some the best and brightest from the world of development, sales, recruiting, and admissions. And now we welcome to our group one of the world’s most famous crime fighters! That’s right, an internationally recognized Superhero has joined our …

Launching from 30,000 feet

Welcome to our blog, a resource for readers to learn about all things Admissions, Apple, Tech, and Matchbox! For those of you who are just learning about Matchbox, we are a Cambridge-based startup that is aiming to revolutionize the college admissions process. Founded at MIT Sloan, we have been working for the past year on developing …