I had a great experience interviewing with Smartcar. I was looking for a company where I could grow my operational and technical accounting knowledge, and I came across Smartcar on Welcome to the Jungle. The job posting included the hiring manager’s LinkedIn contact, so I reached out directly to express my interest. The hiring manager has their CPA so that was a huge factor for me in pursuit of my own. They were very accommodating in moving the process along quickly, which I appreciated. Smartcar is a small company (fewer than 50 employees), and their interview process was structured yet flexible. There were 5-6 total interview rounds over about two weeks: (1) Initial conversation with the hiring manager; (2) Meeting with the Talent Acquisition partner; (3) Take-home accounting challenge; (4); Presentation of the challenge to the hiring manager and CEO/co-founder; (5) Behavioral interviews with the People and Sales Ops teams Although this could have been a lengthy process, the team was very accommodating in scheduling and communicating with me. The HM and TA partner were very responsive. I was given four days to complete the take-home challenge, which I found to be a well-designed and highly relevant exercise for the role. The interviews themselves were a balanced mix of technical and behavioral questions, covering areas like month-end close, process automation on lean teams, and past challenges in my own growth and general accounting experience. Ultimately, the only reason I withdrew from the process because I ended up accepted a consulting role that I really wanted, and I was just a bit further along in that process. However, I was genuinely impressed by the team’s friendliness, knowledge, and professionalism. I have no doubt Smartcar would be a great place to work, and I would highly recommend interviewing here to other candidates!