How We Hire
Hiring is a two-way conversation- you are interviewing us as well. Throughout the process, you’ll get a real insight into the kind of work you’ll be doing at BABVIP. Our first tip for applicants: be yourself! BABVIP celebrates individuality and all the diverse talents and experiences that people bring to our team.
Our Hiring Process
How we hire
Hiring is a two-way conversation- you are interviewing us as well. Throughout the process, you’ll get a real insight into the kind of work you’ll be doing at BABVIP. Our first tip for applicants: be yourself! BABVIP celebrates individuality and all the diverse talents and experiences that people bring to our team.
Chat with a BABVIP recruiter to find out where you fit into the BABVIP story
So, you’ve applied online, or we’ve reached out to you. What’s the next step? You can expect an email from a BABVIP recruiter, asking you to book an interview. We’ll have a chat about your aspirations and experience and talk more about the role and BABVIP culture. We’ll also work through a few short questions to assess your knowledge of the role you’re applying for, and how you approach certain problems. This is your chance to ask questions too, so ask as many as you’d like. If you believe that you and BABVIP can achieve great things together, that’s the first job requirement fulfilled.
Screening The team will review applicants' CVs and other application information
Collecting all the documents related to the candidate's experience, skills and knowledge of the company. Behavioural interview questions can also be insightful. Finally, depending on the position, the recruiting team will perform reference checks or formal background checks.
A sample work challenge or online pair coding session to show us how awesome you are
Different people work in different ways, so this step of the process is designed to fit your working style and lifestyle. You’ll get a challenge to complete in your own time, or if you’re an engineer you can choose a pair programming session instead. We want to see you at your best. The challenge differs for each role, and it’s designed to be realistic and interesting. You’ll get an insight into the kind of work you’ll be doing at BABVIP—no generic brain teasers or trick questions here.
Having screened candidates, evaluated their skills, assessed their abilities, and created a shortlist of the most qualified people
For your final interviews with BABVIP, you’ll get to meet the people you’ll hopefully be working closest with. We’re aiming to replicate the BABVIP working environment, so you’ll be diving in with team members and tackling tasks related to your role. We want to get a sense of how we’d work together so explaining your thinking and asking questions are key parts of the session.
Frequently asked Questions
Faq
Remember, we’re not just looking for people who will “fit in”—we want people who will bring new and exciting things to our culture
1.Can I apply for a job that isn’t advertised?
If you can see an “expression of interest” role on our careers portal that matches your skillset, feel free to send us an application there. Otherwise, if you can see a role that’s closely related to what you do, you can apply through that route. Just let us know that you have similar skills that we might be interested in hiring for. We have a team of recruiters reviewing everything, so we’ll read your application and see if we have work that fits your experience and interests. We may not reach out straight away, but we’ll let you know as soon as there’s something suitable.
2.Any advice for making a great application?
Whether it’s for your application, interviews, or challenge, it always helps to do a little research. Find some articles about BABVIP, check out our mission and values, dig a little deeper into our history and play around with the product (it’s free and amazing—if we say so ourselves).Include a cover letter that lets us know why you’d like to work at BABVIP. Tell us about what makes you unique and highlight any passion projects you’ve done in your field.
3.What can I do to prepare for an engineering interview?
The first interview with a recruiter will involve a few technical questions, but it’s not something we expect you to prepare for. They will be short, scenario-based questions that relate to the daily work you’ll be doing.The final interviews will require writing working code, not just pseudocode — Java for backend and Android, JS for frontend, and Swift for iOS. We often recommend the books ‘You Don’t Know JS’ by Kyle Simpson (available on GitHub), and ‘Effective Java’. Brush up on your computer science principles, keeping in mind performance, concurrency, scalability, and resiliency. Think about how you would solve problems on a large-scale and high-performance web platform, used by millions around the world.
