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.

How We Hire

Interview Process

“So many people have no idea what they want to do in life, but they think that by going to job interviews they will magically find out. If you are not sure, this message comes out loud and clear during maintenance” 

Interview Process

01. Getting To Know You

Chat with a BABVIP recruiter to find out where you fit into the BABVIP story

02. Go With Document

Screening The team will review applicants' CVs and other application information

03. Background Check

Legal & several aspects of background checks

04. Show Us What You Can Do

A sample work challenge or online pair coding session to show us how awesome you are

05. Final Interview

Having screened candidates, evaluated their skills, assessed their abilities, and created a shortlist of the most qualified people

06. Decision

Well-organised selection processes for recruiting new employees

01. Getting to know you

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.

01. Getting to know you
02. Go With Document

02. Go With Document

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.

03. Background check

Background checks provide information about an individual's education, work history, criminal record, and other past activities. 

Although there are several specific types of background checks, such as criminal and credit checks, employment background checks are the most common. 

Once the background check is complete, employers use the information they find throughout the process to make informed decisions about whether they want to invite you into their organisation

03. Background check
04. Show us what you can do

04. Show us what you can do

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.

05. Final interview

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.

05. Final interview
06. Decision

06. Decision

You’ll hear back from us within 48 hours. Good luck!

We’re deciding, but we know that you are too. Here are some more reasons to join just in case you’re still asking yourself “Why BABVIP”? 

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

Frequently asked Questions

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.

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.

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.

Communication is key. Let us know what you’re thinking while your complete tasks and consider questions. If you don’t know an answer completely, be sure to demonstrate what you do know and explain where you would go to find the rest of the answer.Qualify answers and ask questions. Don't be afraid to follow up an answer with: "Does that answer your question?" If we come back with a "not quite", you get another bite of the apple.Interviews can take a little while - don’t hesitate to ask for extra glasses of water or anything else you’d like! We want to make the process as fun as possible, not an inquisition."So many people have no idea what they want to do in life, but they think that by going to job interviews they will magically find out. If you are not sure, this message comes out loud and clear during maintenance.