The people are easily the best part: talented, low-ego, and genuinely invested in each other's success. We're helping people get access to mental healthcare, and that shows up in the work in a real way that inspires what we do every day. Headway is also fully leaning into leveraging AI in our daily workflow, which makes it an incredibly exciting place to build.
Healthcare is heavily regulated, so you can't always ship the obvious thing because there are real constraints, and navigation can feel slow if you're coming from a consumer pace.
The user base is also wildly broad, including patients, providers, group practices, payers, and internal ops. That means getting the long tail right is pretty hard, and what works for one segment often misses another.
The process after the initial screening took 3 rounds, the last of which was also made of 3 rounds. The technical questions were easy enough, but the company switched recruiters on me mid-process, which was disconcerting (and probably a red flag). A
1. Phone screen 2. Live coding 3. Technical discussion 4. 3-hour onsite I got rejected after the live coding round. The question was finding the most efficient appointment slot, given a list of appointment times. I suck at working with dates, so I s
I had an initial call with a recruiter, then I did the first interview. The first technical round was a coding question where you were allowed to Google information about libraries. After passing that, there was a domain knowledge round where you wa
The process after the initial screening took 3 rounds, the last of which was also made of 3 rounds. The technical questions were easy enough, but the company switched recruiters on me mid-process, which was disconcerting (and probably a red flag). A
1. Phone screen 2. Live coding 3. Technical discussion 4. 3-hour onsite I got rejected after the live coding round. The question was finding the most efficient appointment slot, given a list of appointment times. I suck at working with dates, so I s
I had an initial call with a recruiter, then I did the first interview. The first technical round was a coding question where you were allowed to Google information about libraries. After passing that, there was a domain knowledge round where you wa