Mercari Co., Ltd., which operates the flea market app "Mercari", started recruiting internships "BOLD INTERNSHIP in USA" from December 2016, 12, which dispatches a total of 21 students to each of the 50 states of the United States as part of recruiting new graduates. bottom.

 The flea market app "Mercari" is an app for smartphones that allows sellers to shop for items that they have put up for sale using the camera of their smartphone, just like in an actual flea market.Currently, the number of downloads not only in Japan but also in the United States exceeds 2,000 million, and the total number of downloads in Japan and the United States is 6,000 million, and the monthly distribution amount has reached more than 100 billion yen. In August 2016, it was ranked 8rd in the US App Store, and is actively expanding its business in the United States.The policy is to recruit students who can compete in the world even when hiring new graduates, and the internship "BOLD INTERNSHIP in USA" is part of that.

 "BOLD INTERNSHIP in USA" dispatches 50 engineers and 50 planning staff to each of the 50 states in the United States for a week, for a total of 100 students.The work assigned to the participating students includes user hearings and improvement proposals for the "CtoC service" where goods and services are bought and sold between Mercari and individuals, planning of new services, and prototype creation.
, Ask them to think about "the idea for Mercari to fight in the United States" from the discovery unique to that place.

 Recruitment targets are doctoral, master's, faculty, and grade.The dispatch location will be one of the 50 states in the United States, and will be randomly determined after passing the selection.It will be held for one week from February to April 1. I plan to travel using the VISA exemption program, but if necessary, I will implement it after obtaining an appropriate VISA.

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