Welcome to Percent
Want to be a part of a team committed to creating positive impact and building lasting systemic change for good?
Join us on our mighty mission of building good into every financial transaction worldwide.
Workplace & culture
At Percent, we champion collaboration, curiosity and creativity… oh, and positive energy! We think it’s so important that our employees are recognised and valued for their individual differences and contributions, so we've put great emphasis on creating an environment where our team feel empowered to be themselves.
We actively seek and encourage applications from candidates from all backgrounds, irrespective of age, disability, sex, gender identity and expression, pregnancy, race, sexual orientation or religious beliefs.
About The Process
Why do we do this?
Our process is designed to make sure Percent is the right fit for you, and that we have a you-shaped-hole here! We believe Percent is a vehicle for you to develop professionally and are passionate about pushing you towards your goals, whilst we all create loads of positive impact globally. We treat this as a two-way process.
What to expect?
We champion people bringing their whole selves to work and the process is about making sure there is a you shaped hole at Percent. We want to make sure you can excel here for both your own development to drive towards Percent’s mission.
Being candid and kind is a core value at Percent and you can expect that from us during the interview process. If we don’t think there is a you-shaped hole here, we will let you know asap and why we’ve come to that conclusion. If you realise there isn’t a Percent shaped hole in your life, we hope you do the same for us!
How to do well?
Bring your whole self to the interview. We hope you align to our values. Prep well in your specialist area for the interviews. For the later stages, we like to meet in person.
Our values
1 Purpose Over Profit
We consider the actions as individuals and a collective and make decisions to maximise the positive impact to people. This means we act ethically and not at the expense of people.
2 Candid and Kind
We rely on sincere honesty and kind communication. This means we share the good and bad openly with our team, partners and customers.
3 Lemon Twist 🍋
What is a lemon twist? It’s the little bit of extra magic, the secret sauce, the spark of unusual, or the element of surprise. Lemon twists differentiate us from the crowd, we are different, we want to be different, and we want users of our products to feel different and special.
Recruiter screen
Why do we do this?
To give you the chance to learn more about Percent before you commit to going through the rest of the process. We need to make sure Percent is the right place for you and that there is a you shaped hole at Percent!
What to expect?
We’ll tell you all about Percent! We’ll ask you loads about you outside of work and what your professional aspirations are so we can work best how to support you at Percent.
Technical Review
Why do we do this?
To make sure that you have the base level technical skills required to perform the role.
What to expect?
You will use the software platform Codility to take some tests. The tests will be in TypeScript and you will typically be asked to implement a function that requires a particular output based on differing inputs.
How to do well?
Give it your best shot. Even if you write pseudo code it gives us something to look at.
Meet The Team
Why do we do this?
It’s really important to us that you know what you’re coming into! Equally, we want the whole team to know you before you join and get group consensus this is the right place for you.
What to expect?
We’ll go for a super tasty lunch...so no bad outcomes here!
How to do well?
Bring your whole-self! This is a final fit-check before we work together. You’ll meet lots of the other team.
Management Style
Why do we do this?
We have a well defined culture and management style is an important part of maintaining this. Our current employees expect new joiners to keep and grow the team culture.
What to expect?
We will ask you a series of questions about how you like to manage. These will be related to conflict, performance management, hiring and diversity and inclusion.
How to do well?
We often reference our engineering pillars (https://www.melontwits.com) during everyday work, if you are able to talk about these you will be doing excellently. At this stage we expect you to do most of the talking about your leadership qualities.
CV Discussion & Technical Part I
Why do we do this?
We do this to check your all around suitability for the role applied for. We check your past experience and want to know that you are able to think about system design thoroughly.
What to expect?
This stage lasts about an hour. We will ask you about your past relevant experience on your CV (around 20 minutes). After this we will ask you to complete a white boarding system design exercise (between 30 and 40 minutes).
How to do well?
Tell us about your previous achievements and enjoy the system design exercise as much as you are able to. We look for good collaboration here as well as design proficiency.
Technical Deep Dive Part II
Why do we do this?
We do this to make sure that you are able to implement code and tests based on a specific system design. We like to know that you are capable throughout the engineering process.
What to expect?
You will be expected to write a real code solution, in typescript, to a problem that we outline. You will be expected to write at least a test or discuss how you would perform testing of the written code.
How to do well?
We like you to talk us through the code you are implementing, perhaps you are also able to introduce us to some new concepts and collaborate with us to improve the solution.
About Goodstack
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