We wanted a marketing intern who could actually contribute, not just spend the summer doing admin work. We ended up finding someone who already had a few interesting projects under her belt.

For internships, I care more about curiosity and what someone has tried than having a long resume. The profiles gave us enough to get a sense of that.

We needed two interns for our design team before the next semester started. Having the applications in one place made it much easier to compare them.

One candidate had no professional experience but had built three projects on her own. That was actually more interesting to us than someone with a long list of courses.

We run a small company and don't have the bandwidth to train someone from absolute zero. We were looking for students who already had some basic skills and wanted to learn further.

The intern we hired was studying exactly what we needed help with. It felt like a good arrangement for both sides, she got experience and we got someone genuinely interested in the work.

Built a booking site for a client I found here, three months of work, paid in full, zero cut taken out. That's the part that still feels unusual compared to other platforms I've used.

Two of my repeat clients came from Lanxers, and I mean repeat; one's been sending me work for almost a year now. Direct chat from the start meant we could actually build a working relationship instead of going through a middleman every time.

Used the AI writing assistant to tighten up my first proposal; wasn't sure it'd help but it did, got a reply within a day. Since then I've stopped worrying about running out of 'applications' the way I used to on other sites.

I used to ration my proposals because credits cost money elsewhere. Here I just apply to whatever fits, no math involved. Landed two clients in my first month that way.

Got my first project here without having to know someone personally. It wasn't a huge project, but having actual client work on my profile made the next applications much easier.

I'm quite specific about the kind of writing I do, so I don't apply everywhere. I mostly use it when I see something that genuinely matches my experience.