We know that searching for a job can be stressful: it’s hard to find openings, write up applications and put your best face forward and then not hear back at all.
Over the years we’ve built up a world-class team of smart, honest and fun people. In the process we’ve gone through our fair share of interviews and rejections. We consider a lot of applicants for every role, and we believe that all applicants should be treated with respect at every step of the process.
Here’s what you can expect when applying to work here.
For any job applicant
We’ll give you a timely answer
If you’re applying to an open job through the proper channels (not unsolicited applications), you can expect a reply within two weeks, whether or not we choose to offer you an interview.
For job applicants that have had an interview
We’ll consider you fairly
We strive to evaluate applicants based on what you can do, not who you know. If an applicant has a personal connection to an employee or executive, that employee or executive will minimize their involvement in the hiring process, to try to avoid a conflict of interest from personal bias.
We’ll ask relevant questions
We emphasize practical tests for job-related and company-related skills, not brain teasers or shared interests. You can always decline any question that you’re uncomfortable answering. In fact, questions about many sensitive (and irrelevant) topics such as your religion, sexual orientation or age are illegal under Ontario law, and we do not ask them.
Go ahead, ask us questions!
We recognize that the hiring process is a two-way street, and that you need to be able to make informed decisions. We will make sure there’s time to answer questions you have about the job or the company in general, whether during the interview itself or in a follow-up email/call.
We’ll respect your time
We’ll treat your time with respect. While some jobs will require applicants to do practical tests or demonstrations, we do not expect you to do disproportionate amounts of work just to be considered for a job with us. For take-home exercises (e.g. coding test), wherever possible we’ll set tight time restrictions to protect your time and to try to keep an even playing field (so that candidates who have more free time are not inadvertently favoured).
We’ll ask you for feedback
We believe that getting feedback from others is important, and we want to continue improving on how we treat job applicants. We’ll send you an optional survey after the interview process is completed, and the aggregated results and comments are reviewed by our CEO.
Go ahead, ask us for feedback!
And of course, if you interviewed with us and don’t get a job offer feel free to ask us why and we’ll try to give you some constructive feedback.
For applicants who get a job offer
We’ll give you a fair offer
We believe that job compensation should be fair to all, not just shrewd negotiators. Your job offer compensation will be based on market data. It may not be the absolute highest you can get, but it will be competitive and fair. More than once, we’ve gently told candidates that their salary expectations were too low, and that we’d pay them more than that!
We’ll give you time to decide
We do not make exploding job offers to pressure you into taking an offer on the spot. We want this to be a long term relationship and for this to be the right decision for you. You’ll get at least five days to decide whether or not to take a job offer.
We’ll give you time to unwind before starting
We know that you may want to take some time to transition from your previous job and to take some personal time between jobs. Again, we believe in a long-term relationship, so we won’t pressure you to start immediately. Generally a start date within 4 weeks of a job offer will be OK, and for some jobs more than that may be fine too.
In summary…
While we can’t give everybody a job offer, we can give all applicants our courtesy. We hope that writing this out helps us maintain high standards and helps to encourage people who choose to apply to work at Archon.
