Well-organized onboarding and excellent company culture
Well-organized onboarding and excellent company culture
Everything is remote at GitLab, and you are a manager of one. You are trusted to assess your priorities properly and organize your days accordingly. Flexible working hours and a "family first" culture are in place. An indefinite leave policy is available, as long as you achieve your objectives. Working longer hours doesn't necessarily mean good results.
It can be a little isolating to be always home, but Gitlab allows you also to rent a shared working space to socialize.
It isn't simple to maintain such a great culture across all departments, especially when people do not meet face to face early in their onboarding. So, I would suggest allocating some budget for face-to-face internal meetings, especially at the beginning.
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Database Administrator
I applied online and then received a first list of written questions via email. I passed this first level and had a first interview with the People Operations team. I passed this level too and spoke with two people from the team I would have worked w
Software Engineer
Pretty straightforward interview, which is on their handbook. Initial screening, then reviewing a merge request. Technical was with the hiring manager, which is a mix of technical and behavioral. Practice more STAR format questions for this stage.
Frontend Developer
The interview began with an HR round where I was asked about my previous experiences, my motivation for joining GitLab, and an example of a time when I demonstrated creativity in solving a problem.
Database Administrator
ItalyOctober 1, 2017I applied online and then received a first list of written questions via email. I passed this first level and had a first interview with the People Operations team. I passed this level too and spoke with two people from the team I would have worked w
Software Engineer
KenyaNovember 3, 2025Pretty straightforward interview, which is on their handbook. Initial screening, then reviewing a merge request. Technical was with the hiring manager, which is a mix of technical and behavioral. Practice more STAR format questions for this stage.
Frontend Developer
IndiaOctober 18, 2025The interview began with an HR round where I was asked about my previous experiences, my motivation for joining GitLab, and an example of a time when I demonstrated creativity in solving a problem.
