Inspiring Mission, Tumultuous Growth
Inspiring Mission, Tumultuous Growth
Headspace is full of amazing people, full of drive and curiosity. The mission-driven culture aligns the team. We're growing quickly, but we are putting a lot of care into how we grow and the impact we have on the people impacted by our product and our organization. Headspace is a great place to work if you're looking to be inspired by the work you do and the people you work with on a daily basis.
Fast growth can be a double-edged sword. It's both exciting but tumultuous at times. Come prepared for change.
Pay attention and care into how your engineering operations scale and grow. An insufficiently supported and aligned eng team can become expensive for a tech company.
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Headspace Interview Experiences
Software Engineer
Phone screen: Recruiter was a bit late, but otherwise this was a pretty standard phone screen. However, the recruiter mentioned that the job posting was no longer accurate in terms of in-office expectations, which was disappointing. 2nd round: Karat
Software Engineer
Being a mental health wellness product, this company is the definition of irony. Expect a laborious, time-consuming interview process lasting 3+ months. 1st round: Recruiter. 2nd round: Karat interview. 3rd round: 2-4 hours of back-to-back coding pa
Software Engineer
For the second-round technical interview, Headspace used a third-party service called Karat. A live person asked me some system design questions and then accompanied me in a coding challenge. Karat made it very easy to schedule whenever I had the ti
Software Engineer
United StatesJune 1, 2025Phone screen: Recruiter was a bit late, but otherwise this was a pretty standard phone screen. However, the recruiter mentioned that the job posting was no longer accurate in terms of in-office expectations, which was disappointing. 2nd round: Karat
Software Engineer
United StatesMay 1, 2025Being a mental health wellness product, this company is the definition of irony. Expect a laborious, time-consuming interview process lasting 3+ months. 1st round: Recruiter. 2nd round: Karat interview. 3rd round: 2-4 hours of back-to-back coding pa
Software Engineer
United StatesMay 1, 2025For the second-round technical interview, Headspace used a third-party service called Karat. A live person asked me some system design questions and then accompanied me in a coding challenge. Karat made it very easy to schedule whenever I had the ti
