Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at GiveWell as 83.3% positive with a difficulty rating score of 3.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Senior Researcher and Researcher rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Summer Research Analyst and Research Analyst roles were rated as the easiest.
The hiring process at GiveWell takes an average of 20 days when considering 6 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Summer Research Analyst had the quickest hiring process (on average 20 days), whereas Summer Research Analyst roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 20 days).
I applied online. I interviewed at GiveWell in May 2026
Interview
Everything went very quickly. First I did a shorter timed test checking my understanding of a research article, then I had two weeks to complete a more complicated test requiring analysis of my own. The second test was compensated. I was rejected a week after submitting the second test.
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Question 1
Would you recommend this intervention in another context? Why/why not?
The process began with an online application and résumé submission, followed by a compensated spreadsheet-vetting work trial focused on checking a model for accuracy, formula errors, source support, and reasoning transparency. After submitting the assignment, I was invited to a 25-minute follow-up call with a hiring manager to discuss my thought process and answer questions about the model. If advanced, the next stages include another written work trial, interviews with the hiring managers about the trial work and role, a values/work-experience interview, and reference checks.
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Question 1
They asked me to review a vitamin A deficiency model/spreadsheet and write-up for accuracy, formula errors, source support, and reasoning transparency. The main task was to identify issues in the model, explain why they mattered, and suggest clear corrections.
-complete a task, asked questions based on completion of task, in all honesty, a lot of questions were not related to the task--many were behavioral interview questions, the interviewer didnt have much knowledge on the task so couldnt answer questions
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-Tell me more about the task and how you completed it
-Tell me about your previous experiences