Several months ago I tried their hiring process for a position not listed here.
Hopefully this can help guide anyone interested in applying. You can have an idea of what to expect.
Basic timeline:
Day 0 - Saw advertisement on Who is Hiring thread
Day 2 - Applied via an application form that asked
me for some personal information and to complete
two tasks. I had to send a POST request containing
some specified information and write a bash script
to process some data.
Day 12 - Saw HN frontpage ad for same position and decided
to send the same application materials again.
Day 16 - Response from a human who explained they were working
on other roles for the last 15 days and now they
were finally ready to look at applications for the
role I applied to. Asked if I would take a 60 minute
HackerRank assessment. I agreed to try it.
Day 17 - HackerRank assessment available for 2 weeks. Message
explaining a 2-3 week timeline from that point until
possible offer. Steps listed included:
1) HR assessment
2) phone call
3) take home project
4) 2 technical phone calls
5) background & reference check, meet team
6) offer
Day 25 - I completed the HackerRank assessment.
Day 31 - Response that the position had been filled but they
were interested in speaking with me for future openings.
Overall it seems pretty typical. I was a bit surprised by how many screening tasks they had. Two just to submit the application, an online timed test, and a take home project seems like quite a lot. No further contact since then, although I haven't been following closely enough to see if they ever posted the same or similar positions again.
Thanks for commenting. Sounds like you applied for our DevOps role, which we had a flood of really great candidates for and hired 2 people in that timeframe quickly.
We have been refining & trying to streamline our interview process, but our #1 priority is to make sure we find a really strong fit (both technically and culturally) since our team is still small and we're looking for all-stars :)
Hopefully this can help guide anyone interested in applying. You can have an idea of what to expect.
Basic timeline:
Overall it seems pretty typical. I was a bit surprised by how many screening tasks they had. Two just to submit the application, an online timed test, and a take home project seems like quite a lot. No further contact since then, although I haven't been following closely enough to see if they ever posted the same or similar positions again.