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Highlighting the not-quite-your-standard-interview process:

"We have a two-stage hiring process.

The first stage is an informal conversation to communicate what we're doing, clarify any questions, and gauge interest and fit.

The second stage is three components:

- a 10-20 minute presentation to the team describing what you did on a previous project. We're more interested in learning about the work you did and your experience doing it vs. learning about the project overall. For example, a possible time breakdown could be 2 minutes of project overview and 10 minutes on your role and what you did on the project. We'll also leave some time for questions and discussion at the end.

- a 45 minute conversation with another person on the team to get an additional perspective on what our work is like.

- a 4 hr mini-project where we'll work together on a problem based on something we've actually worked on. The goal of this is to get an idea of what working together is like."




Did people interpret this as a criticism? My intent was to highlight a positive aspect of the company.




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