Here's a hiring secret nobody tells students: when a recruiter or founder opens your project link, you have their attention for about a minute. If they have to sign up, read a wall of setup instructions, or guess what they're looking at, you've lost them.
A 60-second demo video solves this completely. It's the difference between "claims to have built a project" and "I just watched their project work." At Iber, verified 60-second demos are literally the first thing companies see about a builder — because they work.
Why 60 seconds, specifically
Long enough to show a real flow. Short enough that a busy person actually presses play — and finishes. A ten-minute walkthrough feels like homework; one minute feels free. Constraint is the point: if you can't show the core of your project in a minute, you haven't decided what the core is yet.
The script that works
Don't wing it. Sixty seconds breaks down like this:
- 0–10s — the problem. One sentence, human language. "Splitting mess bills in a hostel of 40 people is a monthly WhatsApp war."
- 10–45s — the magic path. Show the single most impressive flow, end to end. Add an expense, watch it split, see the settlement. One flow, done smoothly — not a tour of every screen.
- 45–55s — the one hard part. Mention the thing that took you a weekend to crack: "Settlements are computed as a min-cash-flow graph, so 12 debts collapse into 3 payments." This is what separates you from tutorial projects.
- 55–60s — where to find it. Live link and GitHub. That's it.
Recording setup (free, 15 minutes)
- Screen: OBS Studio, or Loom's free tier, or even your phone screen-recorder for mobile apps. Record at your screen's native resolution.
- Audio: your voice matters more than your face. Record in a quiet room, phone earphones with a mic are fine. Speak like you're showing a friend, not reading news.
- Before you hit record: seed realistic data (a demo with "test test 123" everywhere looks abandoned), close notifications, hide bookmarks bar, zoom the UI to 110–125% so text is readable on a phone.
Expect to record it four or five times. The fifth take is always the one.
The checklist
- Opens with the problem, not "hello everyone, myself..."
- Shows one complete flow with real-looking data
- Names one hard technical decision
- Under 70 seconds total
- Audio is clear, cursor moves with intent
- Ends with the link
Where to put it
Everywhere the project lives: embedded at the top of your README, linked in your job applications, pinned in your portfolio. When one minute of video does the convincing, every door opens faster.
And when you're ready to put that demo in front of companies who hire on proof instead of paper — that's exactly what applying for Iber's Wave 1 is for. Your demo, your GitHub, your skills. No resume.