Healthify Interview Questions
& Process

The whole process from the first chat to the offer took about a month. It started with a screening call, then a hiring manager chat, followed by interviews focused on product and process, a release management exercise, and finally a leadership, collaboration, and culture fit interview. All interviews were an hour or less, and some were back-to-back on the same day or week. It was great that most of the interviews were with the engineering team and their partners, so I got to meet the people I'd actually be working with. Everyone was really nice and helpful. After the hiring manager interview, they let me know the rest of the interview schedule, so I knew what to expect. The release management exercise was a bit confusing; I asked questions beforehand, but the answers didn't quite match what the interviewers seemed to be looking for, so my preparation was a bit off. Other than that, the interviews were pretty standard – you just had to talk about your past experience in those areas.

The interview process started with a phone screen and a take-home test. Then, there was a technical review of the take-home test with engineering management, followed by three more hours of coding exercises, partly with the same engineering managers. The process felt excessively long; I felt the team could have assessed my technical skills after reviewing the coding exercise with the leads, without needing two more extensive coding tests. The take-home assignment was substantial and demanded too much of a candidate's time. Engineering management didn't seem to have a well-defined approach for evaluating candidates for this role. The final part involved pairing with an engineer on a live production ticket, which I find inappropriate as candidates shouldn't perform actual work for the company. I had a non-negotiable requirement that I communicated at every stage. Initially, they provided vague assurances that it wouldn't be an issue, but only in the final interview did they acknowledge it would be a dealbreaker, and only after I pressed the same managers again. Although I was ultimately rejected (and would have declined the offer anyway), I would have preferred an earlier rejection or more honest and direct communication about their expectations from the first manager interview. The lack of clarity and decisiveness about the team's actual needs for this role was incredibly frustrating and a significant waste of time. I'm uncertain if the team was genuinely considering me or just leveraging my experience for free technical advice; their questions and tests felt more like they were probing for insights and seeking guidance rather than assessing me against set criteria. I'm hoping this stems from a lack of management experience rather than intentional unprofessionalism, but it still reflects poorly on Healthify's candidate treatment.

So, first I had a quick call with the Director of People, then the Hiring Manager called me. After that, I got a case study to work on for a week, which was pretty deep. It was about finding a knowledge base solution given some constraints, figuring out its ROI, and making a plan to launch it. The phone calls were mostly about my past experiences, but the in-person interviews were more about 'what if' type questions. It took a bit longer than usual because of that case study. But everyone was nice, professional, and answered my questions. They seemed really passionate about Healthify's mission too, which was cool and made me more interested in the job!

I had a really long, good interview with someone, though I never found out her exact title. We clicked well, agreed on everything, and were on the same page about salary. She even said I explained what the company does better than anyone she'd ever heard. After I followed up twice via email, they finally got back to me saying they had 'limited in hiring' (which confused me since I applied for an open role) and decided not to move forward. I asked what I could have done differently, but never heard back. Reading other reviews, this seems to be a pattern with them.