True remote work.
Great open source support.
Committed to creating new employment paths and opportunities for development and advanced debugging.
For H.E.s only - fixed shifts, scheduling holidays, and working on weekends might be a problem.
At the moment, because of COVID, the lack of in-person meetups is off-putting (not an issue with the company, just remote working in general in these times).
None.
They sent me a document with instructions to install a new WP site on WordPress.com and then import a pre-designed site. There were about 10 questions/problems to work through. The task required that I didn't fix the issues, but explain how I would
Worth the wait! I totally understand why the hiring process took so long. The entire hiring process is text-based. Yes! It's unusual, but I know Automattic has its purpose for doing that. That is their way to see if the candidate would be a good fit
The entire interview was conducted via e-mail and Slack. The first interview was with an Engineer, followed by a code test. It wasn't particularly difficult, but there were some curveballs that required a strong understanding of WordPress.
They sent me a document with instructions to install a new WP site on WordPress.com and then import a pre-designed site. There were about 10 questions/problems to work through. The task required that I didn't fix the issues, but explain how I would
Worth the wait! I totally understand why the hiring process took so long. The entire hiring process is text-based. Yes! It's unusual, but I know Automattic has its purpose for doing that. That is their way to see if the candidate would be a good fit
The entire interview was conducted via e-mail and Slack. The first interview was with an Engineer, followed by a code test. It wasn't particularly difficult, but there were some curveballs that required a strong understanding of WordPress.