wikiHow Interview Questions
& Process

The interview process has three parts. First, there's an unpaid week-long trial where you write an article. After that, you have a casual chat with a staff member. Finally, there's a three-day paid trial to write four articles. They seem more interested in your writing and research skills than a typical interview.

I got an email asking me to do a phone screening with the COO. This shows how wikiHow hires collaboratively, probably cuz the team is small. So, don't expect a typical hiring manager or recruiter, but people who are actually making the decisions. The phone screening was gonna be 20-30 mins, and if it went well, I'd move on. The next steps were a bunch of assessments and tests like Excel proficiency, and then more interviews with others on the team if I passed those.

The initial steps of the interview process were really positive, and everyone I interacted with was friendly and easy to talk to. I thought there would be about 2 or 3 interviews after the first recruiter chat, since I was told I'd be meeting with people from the content team. After I finished the two assessments (a writing task and an efficiency test), I was feeling good about moving forward, but the interviews just kept coming. I had a call with the recruiter, then met with four people from the content team, followed by the COO, and finally the CEO. The last two interviews felt totally unnecessary for an intern role, and it seemed like they mistook my application for the content manager position instead of the intern role. I actually had to correct someone who kept asking about my project management skills, clarifying that I was applying for the intern position. All the interviews before those last two were pretty standard and not difficult, but I ended up going through 7 interviews over 3 months. They didn't give me any feedback on why I was ultimately rejected, just saying that other candidates were still being considered. Honestly, the whole experience felt extremely tiring and, in the end, quite unprofessional.

Whole process takes 2 months minimum, and you can be rejected at any point (even at month 1.9), so be warned. Also, if you are cut and request feedback, it will not be provided. First is an initial phone call/screening. Then you sign an NDA and complete a Behavioral Test (which is strange because this was before you were told if you made it to the next round). Then a take home test with written questions and an Excel sheet activity where you need to synthesize/manipulate data. After that are C-Suite Interviews, then an Offer.