Joining the HIVED team – an inside look at our hiring process

At HIVED, we’re committed to attracting top talent while ensuring an inclusive, efficient and engaging recruitment journey. As such, a special and key part of joining the HIVED team is our streamlined and candidate-focused hiring experience, fostering a workplace that champions growth, collaboration and inclusivity for each and every member of our team.

As a potential candidate, here's everything you need to know.

Values

At HIVED, our core values—to be kind, curious, tenacious, and resourceful—are at the foundation of everything we do. These values shape how we work together, make decisions, and drive our mission forward. 

We believe in building a team that is not only diverse, ambitious, and aligned with our vision of modern and customer-centric sustainable logistics, but ready to contribute to our success and drive the future forward. 

Hiring Process

Our hiring process is designed to be efficient, transparent, and inclusive, ensuring that we attract and retain the best talent. As part of our structured approach, here is an insight into what candidates can typically expect when applying to HIVED: 

1. Application submission: Candidates submit their CVs, which are carefully reviewed by either the hiring manager or the People team. 
2. Screening call: A structured conversation with a member of the people team or hiring manager to give you more background to HIVED, our team, culture and the role itself. More importantly, we want to hear what you're looking for in your next chapter to see how this role at HIVED can fit into this..
3. Technical or Role-specific task: Depending on the position, candidates may be asked to complete a live or take-home task, typically lasting around an hour, to assess problem-solving and technical capabilities.
4. Role-related interview: A 45 minute interview with the hiring manager to dive deeper in your experience and knowledge related to the role.
5. Cultural fit & leadership interview: A 45 minute interview with two other members of HIVED to gauge whether your and our working styles are aligned and if we provide an environment that you thrive in. If the role requires you to manage people, we will also test for your ability to manage and motivate your team. 
6. Final Interview with one of our Co-founders or COO: A 30-minute session to discuss vision, goals, and future growth opportunities, ensuring alignment with HIVED’s long-term direction.
7. Offer stage: Successful candidates receive an offer, and we begin onboarding to ensure a smooth transition into the HIVED team.

Throughout the entire process, candidates are supported providing both a point of contact and ongoing support through each stage of the process.

For highly technical roles such as Senior Frontend Engineer, our process includes additional assessments to ensure candidates are a great fit for our engineering team:

1. Application and CV review: Initial application review.
2. Screening call: A 30-minute remote conversation to discuss experience and expectations with a shorter coding exercise.
3. Live coding exercise: A 75-minute work-in-progress skills based task, to evaluate problem-solving and coding skills.
4. On-site interviews: A deeper dive into skills and the HIVED values, including:
   
   • Technical Interview with an Engineering Manager
   • Follow-up interview with our recruitment team
   • Final Interview with one of our Co-Founders
5. Offer stage: Successful candidates receive an offer, and we begin onboarding to ensure a smooth transition into the HIVED team.

We believe that great ideas come from diverse minds, and we are committed to fostering an environment where every employee can excel and are always on the lookout for talented individuals who share our vision and passion.

If you are looking for a workplace that values collaboration, growth and impact and are ready to be part of a fast-growing, impact-driven team, take the next step in your career with HIVED. 

Explore our open roles here or learn more on our Instagram @hivedhq or LinkedIn.