I applied to Woebot with reference to an advertisement on my University's career portal. Initially, a meeting was set up with the Talent Acquisition manager to discuss about the role and how far it aligns with my skillset. I did not meet few technical requirements and this made it very fair to not be a perfect fit for this role. I liked the fact that the company was very specific with it's technical requirements and upfront with the hiring process.

The first thing that got my attention was that the job description considered a timeline with the things the candidate would be doing across the weeks. I found that very descriptive and helpful, so I decided to apply. The thing is that I was really at the final stages of the interviewing processes with other companies. But during the first call I got encouraged to at least try. So, to summarize the process: 1. I applied to the job and got a reply on the same day. That surprised me in a really good way. 2. During the first phone call we mostly talked about my background to see if I could be a good fit. The call was really nice, I felt comfortable at all times, and all my questions got perfectly answered. 3. Even though I was busy, they sent me a Take Home Test. I gave it a try but that same week I had several onsite interviews with companies I had been interviewing with for about a month. So I let them know I couldn't continue with the process. 4. They replied back immediately letting me know they understood. Overall, I think it's been the most positive interaction I've ever had during the interviewing process. It turns out that I didn't close any of the other interviewing processes, so I even dared to write back at Woebot to see if the position was still available. It wasn't, but they made the effort to kindly reply to me. I love their transparency. The interviewing process is totally aligned with what you'd expect about a company that pursues to make quality mental health care more accessible to everyone.