How our interview process works
At Mechanize we have a streamlined interview process that can be completed fully remotely. There are 3 stages, consisting of 5 hours in total. We encourage candidates to schedule each stage at the earliest time that works for them. We’re often able to accommodate same-day scheduling, and the entire process can be completed within a few days.
After you submit your application, we will review it and decide whether to advance you to the first stage. If we decide to advance you, we’ll invite you to schedule the first interview stage at a time that works for you.
Stage 1: Intro call (30 minutes)
One of our recruiters will have a call with you to discuss your background and experience, walk through what we do at Mechanize, and answer any questions you have about the company or the role. We’ll decide whether to move you to the next round based on our impression from this conversation.
Stage 2: Take-home project (4 hours)
We ask you to implement a web app within 3 hours. You are allowed to use AI coding tools to help you. Afterwards, if we think you made sufficient progress on the assignment, we will take a 1 hour call with you and ask you questions about the code you produced. The goal is to assess whether you’re capable of making rapid progress on software engineering tasks and whether you understand your own code. We only use your submission to evaluate your application.
Please note that, to be efficient, we might end an interview early if we think there is no further point in continuing it.
Stage 3: Meet the team (30 minutes)
One of our team members (typically our CEO) will have a call with you. The goal is for us to get to know each other and for you to ask any questions you have about the role or the company.
Offer
If you pass all three stages, we will likely make you an offer to work at Mechanize as a software engineer. We encourage you to start as soon as possible, and we can usually accommodate a start date as early as the day after you receive your offer.
Before you apply, you can also read about what working at Mechanize is like.