The hiring process at Shadow Robot Company takes an average of 49 days when considering 3 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 Mechanical Design Engineer had the quickest hiring process (on average 7 days), whereas Software Engineer roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 90 days).
I interviewed at Shadow Robot Company (London, England)
Interview
Take home test, signal processing followed by 2 hour onsite interview about experience and other robotics questions. Questions varied from general software engineering principles to Robotics specific questions e.g, inverse kinematics.
A third party recruitment company contacted me, advertising themselves as "being differebt than other recruitment firms". Their questionnaire didn't contain anything relevant to the role, just questions like "describe your best holiday" in a video format.
Turns out the recruitment firm wasn't that different after all: they did not even bother to reply.
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Shadow Robot Company (London, England) in Apr 2025
Interview
First interview was a typical HR interview, with a review of my CV and experience, strengths and weaknesses etc. The HR was really happy to share general information about the company, the team and the projects. Overall a very pleasant experience.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe some of the projects you've worked on and how they relate to the projects of the company.