Supportive remote-native team
Supportive remote-native team
Good benefits, lots of experience with distributed work, a wide variety of subject matter areas, and a friendly and helpful culture.
We grew pretty fast in 2021, and the onboarding and support processes haven't all kept up. It felt a little sink-or-swim for the first three months or so.
The existing hiring process is very good at weeding out people who don't naturally fit the profile of the hyperfocused FOSS nerds who created WordPress back in the day.
I suspect increased diversity across all dimensions will be helpful as Automattic continues to grow, but I don't have the formula for how you make that happen.
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Senior Web Developer
Application submitted. Received a link to complete via email (4-5 questions). Received Slack invitation. Completed Slack interview (90 minutes). --- The next steps would have been: * Interview with the team (remote) * Assignment * Offer
Senior Web Developer
Submitted application. Didn't hear anything for a month. Had a text interview over Skype, then a code test (finding/fixing all the bugs in a sample plugin). Then a three-week trial project at $25/hour in my free time, followed by a text chat with the
Javascript Engineer
The first couple of interview steps were a low-pressure Slack chat, followed by a technical take-home test. I found the interview process to be slow, confusing, and inconsistent. My interviewer would sometimes go as long as two weeks between response
Senior Web Developer
United StatesMay 1, 2020Application submitted. Received a link to complete via email (4-5 questions). Received Slack invitation. Completed Slack interview (90 minutes). --- The next steps would have been: * Interview with the team (remote) * Assignment * Offer
Senior Web Developer
Seattle, Washington, United StatesMarch 1, 2013Submitted application. Didn't hear anything for a month. Had a text interview over Skype, then a code test (finding/fixing all the bugs in a sample plugin). Then a three-week trial project at $25/hour in my free time, followed by a text chat with the
Javascript Engineer
Portland, Oregon, United StatesOctober 1, 2017The first couple of interview steps were a low-pressure Slack chat, followed by a technical take-home test. I found the interview process to be slow, confusing, and inconsistent. My interviewer would sometimes go as long as two weeks between response
