How much weight is given to location? It seems that UK/US-based organisations within EA often claim to be open to remote candidates around the world but seldom actually make offers to these candidates (at least from what I’ve seen/heard over the years)
I think I’d give quite a bit of weight against a candidate if they never had the ability to visit the office. But I think if someone lived overseas but e.g. could spend a couple of weeks here every 3-6 months, it’s not a big downside.
I’m not sure which organisations specifically you’re talking about, but speaking about 80k here:
Until 2023, our policy was that “primary staff” hires must be in-person. Then we changed it to only managers/team leads needed to be in person, and then we later dropped that too — so we’re relatively new to being fully open to remote staff.
That said, a lot of our staff are remote.
Scanning through our org chart, 13 primary staff are “fully remote”, and a further 3 are “mostly remote” (visit the office 1-2 days a week). That’s out of 32 total primary staff.
So, my overall impression is 80k is “genuinely open” to remote staff :)
If a remote candidate did make it to the trial round, would it be a remote or in-person trial?
In-person. We can pay for (and book, if you like) flights and accommodation. We unfortunately can’t pay for your time, unless you have the right to work in the UK (but if you do, we’ll pay for your time as well!)
How much quantitative work is involved in this role – e.g. calculating cost-effectiveness, etc?
A fair amount!
I’d say the person in this role needs to have the quantitative skills to answer moderately complex data-related questions, but they do not need to have a quantitative degree (though that could be helpful). I think “was reasonably good at high school maths,” plus the willingness to learn a few key concepts (such as cost-effectiveness, and diminishing marginal returns) would be sufficient :)
The application form contains a quantitative question for this reason. I think if you get this question right without too much trouble, you’ll be fine :)
More anonymous questions!
I think I’d give quite a bit of weight against a candidate if they never had the ability to visit the office. But I think if someone lived overseas but e.g. could spend a couple of weeks here every 3-6 months, it’s not a big downside.
I’m not sure which organisations specifically you’re talking about, but speaking about 80k here:
Until 2023, our policy was that “primary staff” hires must be in-person. Then we changed it to only managers/team leads needed to be in person, and then we later dropped that too — so we’re relatively new to being fully open to remote staff.
That said, a lot of our staff are remote.
Scanning through our org chart, 13 primary staff are “fully remote”, and a further 3 are “mostly remote” (visit the office 1-2 days a week). That’s out of 32 total primary staff.
So, my overall impression is 80k is “genuinely open” to remote staff :)
In-person. We can pay for (and book, if you like) flights and accommodation. We unfortunately can’t pay for your time, unless you have the right to work in the UK (but if you do, we’ll pay for your time as well!)
A fair amount!
I’d say the person in this role needs to have the quantitative skills to answer moderately complex data-related questions, but they do not need to have a quantitative degree (though that could be helpful). I think “was reasonably good at high school maths,” plus the willingness to learn a few key concepts (such as cost-effectiveness, and diminishing marginal returns) would be sufficient :)
The application form contains a quantitative question for this reason. I think if you get this question right without too much trouble, you’ll be fine :)