Chainlink Labs interviews
Chainlink Labs interviewsCandidate guides
How the process runs
“The aim of this interview is to assess your capabilities in System Design in a web3 environment, understand how you think about tradeoffs, solutions to complex problems, and determine requirements.”
Chainlink Labs Talent AcquisitionCandidate guide: Software Engineer
System design in a web3 environment
Practise binding an approval to the exact change it approved.
Example“The task takes an estimated 8 hours to complete and you will have 2 days to split the work over.”
Chainlink Labs Talent AcquisitionCandidate guide: Research Engineer
Security in the process
“The purpose of this project is for you to demonstrate how you approach an incident, determine whether an investigation is warranted, and if one is - what steps you would take to find out what happened (technically) and with whom you would collaborate.”
Chainlink Labs Talent AcquisitionCandidate guide: Senior Security Engineer, Insider Trust
An incident investigation project
Practise reading what a wallet request would actually authorize before approving it.
ExampleCorrectness and finality
“Expect to design and build a well functioning solution by writing effective clean, readable code with edge cases in mind.”
Chainlink Labs Talent AcquisitionCandidate guide: Software Engineer
Clean code with edge cases in mind
Practise separating a preconfirmation from what the chain has finalized.
ExampleHow to prepare
“The goal isn’t to test role-specific skills, but to gauge how comfortably you can operate in a Web3-native environment.”
Chainlink Labs Talent AcquisitionCandidate guide: Software Engineer
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