The focus is to get to know the engineer's experiences and skills, and ensure they're a good fit for your team. Our EPs do not expect a technical component in their interview with you and are not doing technical interviews at other startups we match them with.

This document covers:

1. The anonymized brief: what you'll know about an engineer when there's a match
2. How to prepare for an interview with Commit engineer
3. Communication with Commit engineers during the process
4. Why Commit doesn't allow startups conduct technical interviews

1. What you'll get on an engineer before the interview

Commit matches you with engineers based on your role, company values, tech stack, industry, and seniority. When there is a match, you will receive an anonymized brief speaking to an engineer's experiences and background, as well as the reason why we recommended the match. You can review all the profiles, and request an interview with the preferred engineer via the link we provide.

<aside> 💡 We share anonymous briefs to be inclusive and help minimize the potential for negative bias. These briefs don't include demographic data, or names (which can suggest demographic data).

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If there is mutual interest in an interview, the engineer will reach out to schedule a time to meet.

A resume for the engineer is available upon request. We can also provide summarized technical interviewing scorecard, which captures our assessment of an engineer's essential skills, technical abilities, career goals and interests.

2. How to structure interviews with Commit engineers

Louisa will make an introduction between you and the candidate for a 60-minute Zoom interview.

For this conversation, we recommend no more than four individuals attend from your startup; the smaller the number, the more intimate the conversation. We recommend you include: the engineering manager (typically the CTO or VP Eng), up to two peers that this individual would be working with, and potentially the business co-founder, depending on the company stage and how closely this engineer will work with them.

The focus is to understand the engineer's skill set and experience, share details on your business and the specific project they would be working on, and ensure a good cultural alignment.

Commit has put our engineers through a technical vetting process to save you time and effort. You can see details on how we conduct interviews here.

Our EPs do not expect a technical component in their interview with you and are not actively going through technical interviews at other organizations.

What to share with an engineer before an interview

Interviewing is likely a well-oiled process for you. You run the same playbook for every hire, everyone on your team knows their roles, and you've fleshed out the questions you want to ask and benchmarked answers you're looking for.