The hiring process at Island takes an average of 6 days when considering 9 user submitted interviews across all job titles. To compare, the average duration of hiring at similar companies like BlackRock, Inc. is 14 days, Fabricated Software, Inc. is 2 days, and Apple Inc. is 21 days. Candidates applying for Software Engineer had the quickest hiring process (on average 6 days), whereas Escalation Engineer roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 7 days).
Easy place to work. overall people seemed nice. product seems stable. Lots of opportunities to explore. Big customer base that can be used for references. Overall teammates are quite supportive and they help during the whole process,
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How do you manage the sales cycle and make sure that it gets complete completed?
I applied online. I interviewed at Island in Jan 2026
Interview
Had one interview, answered questions correct, rejected 2 weeks later without explanation. Based on the tone of conversation, previous experience with interviewing in office and the other reviews, this company is more focused on finding Israelis to fill positions in Israel than competent workers. And so they have 4 people do the job of 1.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Island (Tel Aviv-Yafo) in Jan 2026
Interview
phone call with hr, then an interview with two managers. They were nice, nothing special about the interaction, I spoke about my experience and specific project I want to go deeper and I went a little deeper. Really interested in data, probably the role was more data oriented, they asked a lot about sql. Also about deployment, what happens in deployment, Then one exercise about dictionary, and how it works internally. Then they asked me to implement one