Hiring
How Matchii finds, evaluates, and hires great people. This page is the single source of truth for our hiring process.
Hiring principles
Our hiring process is designed around three principles: transparency, speed, and respect for the candidate's time. Every candidate should know exactly what to expect, and no process should take longer than 2 weeks end-to-end.
Handbook-first:All hiring guidelines are documented here. If something isn't written down, it's not policy.
Interview process
Our standard process has 3 stages. Some roles may add or remove a stage.
| Stage | Duration | Who | What |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Hiring manager screen | 30 min | Hiring manager | Role fit, expectations, mutual Q&A |
| 2. Technical / domain | 45 min | 2 team members | Skills assessment or take-home review |
| 3. Team & values | 30 min | Cross-functional | Culture add, collaboration style |
Take-home exercises
For engineering and design roles, we use a take-home exercise with a 4-hour time box.
- Received after the hiring manager screen
- 5 calendar days to submit
- Discussed together in the technical stage
- Candidates compensated $200
No trick questions. Our interviews assess real skills, not puzzle-solving ability.
Job families & levels
Every role maps to a job family and level. See Total Rewards for the full framework.
| Level | Title example | Scope |
|---|---|---|
| IC1 | Junior Engineer | Executes well-defined tasks with guidance |
| IC2 | Engineer | Owns features end-to-end |
| IC3 | Senior Engineer | Leads technical direction for a team |
| IC4 | Staff Engineer | Drives architecture across teams |
| M1 | Engineering Manager | Manages 4–8 ICs |
Referral program
$3,000 referral bonus paid after 90 days.
- Submit via
#hiringSlack or Greenhouse - Notified at each stage
- No limit on referrals
Tooling
- Greenhouse — ATS, job postings, scheduling
- Calendly — Candidate self-scheduling
- Guide — Candidate experience portal
- Slack #hiring — Internal discussions