A 21-year-old from Mumbai has landed his dream internship at CRED, thanks to the 3D video with which he applied to the business. Avkash Shah, a 3D Graphic/Motion Designer from Mumbai, wanted to intern at the credit card payments business that has been creating headlines of late with its revolutionary ad campaigns. To do so, Mr Shah knew he required a thing eye-catching, and so he came up with the notion of applying for a function with the business utilizing a 3D video.
“I want to intern at CRED. Here’s my application,” Avkash Shah wrote when sharing the video on LinkedIn. “I figured that if I was going to apply, I’d make something worth it. It pays to be good,” he added.
While sharing his 3D application to CRED, Mr Shah also tagged CRED’s founder, Kunal Shah, and Head of Design, Harish Sivaramakrishnan.
Since getting shared 3 days ago, the motion video has gone viral with 9.9 lakh views and hundreds of comments. In the comments section, quite a few praised the video and the revolutionary style of applying for internships. Mr Shah also received a quantity of job gives thanks to the video – which managed to catch the eye of CRED management as well.
“It pays to be good,” wrote CRED founder Kunal Shah in the comments section.
Harish Sivaramakrishnan, Head of Design at CRED, ended up providing Mr Shah the internship he wanted. “Welcome to the interns club at the CRED Design Mafia!” he wrote in the comments section.
Mr Shah’s application video application also received a shout-out from LinkedIn itself. “This is such an innovative hack, Avkash. All the best for kickstarting your professional journey!” study a comment from the official LinkedIn account.
This is not the 1st time that a job application with a distinction has gone viral on the web. In 2017, college graduate Dawayne Kirkland applied for an internship at a digital agency in New York, he did it a bit differently from the rest. Instead of a common resume listing his graphic designing abilities, he made a video rapping about his achievements and traits.