Interview Process at GoodNotes

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Overview of our interview process:

1. Tell us what you are passionate about (30 minutes)
   • First phone interview with a senior member from our Talents team
2. Show us what you could build (2 - 4 hours)
   • Depending on the role you applied, you would be asked to work on one of these take-home challenges
     • Software Engineering Challenge
     • Product Design Challenge
     • Customer Support Case Challenge
     • Quality Assurance Challenge
3. Meet your hiring manager (1 hour)
   • Second phone interview with your hiring manager and another senior team member
   • You would have a chance to go through your take-home submission and other projects you have built.
   • For engineering roles, we may also ask you to work on some live coding questions via screen share.
4. Meet the founder and the team (6 hours)
   • Full day on-site interview with us at our office
     1. Meet our founder, Steven
     2. Meet the whole company over lunch.
        • As a way for the team to know you better, we ask you to talk about any personal projects you may have or anything you are passionate about (10 minutes).
        • Free lunch on us, of course.
     3. Three to four one-on-two interviews with our senior team members. We may ask you to work on a problem in person with your machine.
        • For software engineering roles, we are mainly interested in your thought process, not if you remember all the syntax or framework interfaces of the chosen programming languages.
   • For international candidates, we cover any economy class direct flight to Hong Kong and 3 nights of hotel (~US$100/night for hotel).
5. We will get back to you within 48 hours of your on-site interview with either an offer or reasons why we may not be a good fit for you.