How we interview engineers at CircleCI

CircleCI, since its inception in 2011, has grown significantly in terms of customer base and team size, now boasting over 540 employees across eight countries who support millions of developers running numerous pipelines daily. Following a Series F funding round, CircleCI intensified its hiring efforts, emphasizing roles that deliver both people and business value. The company redesigned its interview process to be more structured and behavior-based, aiming to identify the best candidates while providing a respectful and informative experience. The new four-step technical interview process, which includes hiring manager screens, paired programming sessions, team screens, and final wrap-ups, is intended to reflect the actual job environment and stress the importance of respectful interactions, real skill assessments, and inclusive language. CircleCI's approach focuses on continuous learning and refinement to improve the hiring process while maintaining high standards for candidate experience and competence, with feedback from interviewees generally being positive.

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