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Our hiring process is designed to find great talent while being candidate-centric, fair, and respectful of candidate’s time.
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Our three hiring metrics (capability, capacity, and alignment) are the decision-making lenses through which we evaluate candidates holistically. We use these to move beyond a checklist of skills to gain richer insights into how someone might contribute, grow, and thrive at Float.
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Capability: Can you do the work? (skills, experience, problem solving)
Candidates who demonstrate capability demonstrate the skills, experience, and problem-solving ability to meaningfully contribute in the role, today and over time.
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Capacity: Can you thrive in this role? (motivation, potential, trajectory)
The role is a good match for the areas that you want to grow into and do more of, and Float (and how we work) is an environment in which you’ll thrive.
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Alignment: Do you share our values and ways of working? (mindset, values, collaboration style)
Alignment is about shared values, behaviours, and working practices, not about fitting in.
When you apply to Float, you’ll always be asked a few questions as part of your application. Rather than getting you to upload a generic cover letter that, we ask a few targeted questions to understand your motivations to applying to that particular role, as well as learn a little bit about specific experience pertaining to that role. Our two biggest pieces of advice:
Our talent team (👋 hi, that’s me!) works hard to ensure all applications are reviewed. We can’t promise that all applications will receive a response, but we will do our very best.
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A note on the use of AI in application questions
We simply have too many incredible applicants to justify moving forward with a candidate who copy-pastes an AI-generated answer. If you’re using an AI tool to support with grammar or writing, all good - but please use it to enhance, not replace, your answer!
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If we think you could be a good fit, we’ll reach out to schedule a screening interview. This will be a 20-minute video interview.
The goals of this interview are to learn more about your capacity and alignment with Float. We will also ask 1-2 role-specific questions to ensure your role-specific experience aligns with the needs of the role.
We will also leave time for you to ask anything you’re curious about with regards to the role or working at Float. We recognize that interviews are a two-way street, and want to ensure you have the opportunity to evaluate us and ensure that the role is a good fit for you too!
Meet your future manager! This interview will be digging deep into your capability for the role. Expect role-specific questions, as well as your goals for the role, and how you’d see yourself growing in the next few years at Float.
For technical roles, this stage will typically be preceded by a take-home coding test or design scenario. Any asks of this nature will always be specified in the job description.
As always, be sure to ask questions to the interview panelist(s) about their vision for the role, questions about the day-to-day of this role, or anything that those closest to the role will know.
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Interviews are a two-way street; take the time to to evaluate us and ensure that the role is a good fit for you too!
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Most roles include a peer interview with 1-2 folks you’ll be working closest with. This is an opportunity to meet the broader team, and for us to learn how you collaborate. This interview primarily focuses on capacity and alignment, and will be a great opportunity for us to learn more about how you’d approach working on a global, remote, async-first team.
And if we sound like we’re repeating ourselves, we are! Ask questions 🤩 We find that strong candidates are curious and interested in learning more about the role from everyone they speak to. Everyone’s perspectives might be different, and that can help you!