We try not to be overly bespoke, and I would like to believe that writing down the answers to the questions we ask can be helpful in one's own search, wherever

We try not to be overly bespoke, and I would like to believe that writing down the answers to the questions we ask can be helpful in one's own search, wherever it may take them. I'm sorry that you found the experience to be unhelpful; one of the biggest challenges for me personally at Oxide is that we are oversubscribed as a company -- we have had to turn away people who I think would very likely be successful at Oxide. For others, the portfolio-based questions we ask: - Work sample - Analysis sample - Writing sample The questionnaire: - What work have you found most technically challenging in your career and why? - What work have you done that you were particularly proud of and why? - When have you been happiest in your professional career and why? - When have you been unhappiest in your professional career and why? - For one of Oxide's values, describe an example of how it was reflected in a particular body of your work. - For one of Oxide's values, describe an example of how it was violated in your organization or work. - For a pair of Oxide's values, describe a time in which the two values came into tension for you or your work, and how you resolved it. - Why do you want to work for Oxide? We know this is a lot to ask, but other than the final question (which is a very important one!) they are not really specific to Oxide -- they are asking people who want to work with us to reflect on their own career. Again, speaking personally: processing when I was happiest in my career was really important to figure out how we wanted to build Oxide.