I applied online. I interviewed at GiveDirectly in May 2026
Interview
I applied off the job board and got an invite to a take-home coding assessment on CoderByte that was *timed* to 45 minutes. I passed with 2 minutes to spare. I moved on to the next round which was a one-hour live coding interview. It was challenging and I didn't get through the whole thing (15 more minutes and I would have). I thought I did well enough to at least garner the third "Systems Design" interview, but I never heard anything. I tried reaching out to the two people who I had been in contact with, but nothing. Right after my interview, one of them switched to a "Briefly Out of Office" auto-reply, which persisted more than a week later. I'm wondering if I got put on some kind of blacklist. Anyway, the two interviews required a lot of prep and stress on my part and it would have nice to get some feedback, at least a 'thank you for your time and interest'. Feels very unprofessional to just get snubbed like this.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Live coding assessment required knowledge of recursion, lists/arrays, and hash maps. Question was a process related to the work they do, so no weird computer science "riddles", but you do need a good knowledge of data structures and recursion.
It was thoughtful but long. First interview with the hiring manager, 5hr assignment, panel interview and the final interview with the CFO. It took about a month and a half. Very straightforward, the team was nice
I applied online. I interviewed at GiveDirectly (Paris) in Nov 2023
Interview
The process was very clear with all the steps laid out. I felt supported at each step and was able to ask questions of the HR team when they arose both during and after the interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The first round of interviews was to assess general fit, covering questions like background and experience.