Why work at Appster?

You’re the kind of person that doesn’t want another boring job.

At Appster, we work with ambitious entrepreneurs & challenger brands and help them take their new ideas to market.

Since our founding in 2011, we’ve quickly grown to over 350 employees globally with operations on 3 continents and still growing.

As an entrepreneurial firm we combine great growth and a flat management structure. Nobody in our entire company has an “office” and we’re proud of that!

At Appster, we work with ambitious entrepreneurs & challenger brands and help them take their new ideas to market.

Since our founding in 2011, we’ve quickly grown to over 350 employees globally with operations on 3 continents and still growing.

As an entrepreneurial firm we combine great growth and a flat management structure. Nobody in our entire company has an “office” and we’re proud of that!

Our Four Promises

The values which we live by
1
Open Company
No BS
2
High Performance
Always raising the bar
3
Change is Goody
Productively paranoid
4
Ownership
Take responsibility

We’re always looking for talented people who are ambitious yet humble and put their team first.

A day in the life at Appster

We followed our staff around the office so you can gain an insight into what we do!

Emilia Walerczak

Producer

Thomas Wilding

Facilitator

Chris Maher

Growth Strategist

Ben Jarris

Creative Director

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Appster’s Hiring Process

Not all Software Developers are created equally, so we hire the best.
Three Good Developers vs. One Great Developer

Appster’s Hiring Process

A candidate will spend roughly 15 hours in our hiring process between multiple rounds of interviews based on role based skill sets and behavioral competency. As well as real-time programming tests. Based off of this, we hire the top 2-5% of candidates.

Some may consider this to be over-the-top, however we attribute it to be the major reason as to why we’ve been successful and have such great talent.

A brief overview of our hiring process

Appster hires the top 2-5% of developers in the industry based on our comprehensive interviews and skill tests.
Initial Screening
Candidates are taken through an intensive screening process that varies based on the role.
Career History & Role Based Competency Interview
We conduct full analysis of their career history and score for competencies based on the role.
Behavior Competency & Culture Fit Review
If they make it past the first few steps, we then score candidates for behavioral competency and culture fit.
Team Interview & Assessment
The candidate must be assessed by the team they are joining with team members affirming the candidate will be a good fit for the team.
IKM Test
We score the candidate based on IKM tests against a global benchmark, only hiring those in the top 2-5 percentile.
Real-Time Programming Interview
The candidate is asked to perform programming tests in front of one of our senior team members to assess real-world skills.
Comprehensive Reference Checking
We perform comprehensive reference checks to make sure of the legitimacy of the candidate.
Final sign-off from one of the Co-CEOs
Finally one of the co-CEOs interviews & signs off on every single hire even with 400 employees across the world!
Initial Screening
Candidates are taken through an intensive screening process that varies based on the role.
Career History & Role Based Competency Interview
We conduct full analysis of their career history and score for competencies based on the role.
Behavior Competency & Culture Fit Review
If they make it past the first few steps, we then score candidates for behavioral competency and culture fit.
Team Interview & Assessment
The candidate must be assessed by the team they are joining with team members affirming the candidate will be a good fit for the team.
IKM Test
We score the candidate based on IKM tests against a global benchmark, only hiring those in the top 2-5 percentile.
Real-Time Programming Interview
The candidate is asked to perform programming tests in front of one of our senior team members to assess real-world skills.
Comprehensive Reference Checking
We perform comprehensive reference checks to make sure of the legitimacy of the candidate.
Final sign-off from one of the Co-CEOs
Finally one of the co-CEOs interviews & signs off on every single hire even with 400 employees across the world!

“There’s not much humility in their vision: they say openly they want to do what Henry Ford did to cars, or what Rockefeller did for oil.

They want Appster to be the ideas development hub of the world.”

Only the best engineers: “Applying for a job at app-building company Appster, seems a little like applying for a high-security-clearance government job.”

Their audacious vision is to help transform the most innovative and challenging ideas into reality, by becoming the leading technical co-founder for entrepreneurs.

Appster has [over] 110 employees, and they are adding 50 to 60 employees this quarter. With an office in San Francisco, and they have a team of executives and board members that includes the former chief financial officer of PayPal, David Jaques.

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