Interviewing at Coursera
Building a future-ready workforce.
At Coursera, we uphold our commitment to providing universal access to world-class education, and our approach to attracting and nurturing talent is integral to our progress. Our philosophy outlines our strategic priorities for building a workforce that is not only skilled, but deeply connected to our core mission. These guidelines articulate how we, as a collective, are responsible for shaping a diverse and innovative team that’s ready to meet the challenges and embrace the opportunities of a world that’s constantly learning. This is our collective commitment to fostering a strong talent ecosystem at Coursera, where every hire contributes to a future where anyone, anywhere can transform their life through learning.
Alignment with mission and vision
Aligning with Coursera's mission and vision is paramount. We seek individuals who are not only exceptional in their fields, but are also passionate advocates for education and lifelong learning. Our hires are mission-driven, helping to propel Coursera's growth by making high-quality education accessible to the world.
Quality of hire, building for the future
Our focus is on attracting talent that drives success both today and tomorrow. We identify individuals who are poised for growth, able to contribute to our dynamic environment, and assist in realizing the expanding vision of Coursera.
Candidate experience, reflecting our global commitment
The candidate journey at Coursera is a direct reflection of our approach to education—universal, inclusive, and respectful. Our recruitment process embodies our global mission, leaving a lasting positive impression on every candidate we engage.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI): Diversity fuels our innovation
We are dedicated to cultivating a workforce as diverse as the learners we serve. This commitment to DEI ensures that we benefit from a wide range of perspectives, enhancing our global community and the learning experiences we offer.
Data-driven decision making, our compass
Informed strategies lead to quality outcomes. We use data to refine our recruitment processes, ensuring that we remain adaptive, efficient, and effective in meeting both current and future talent needs.
Our five-step interview process
To ensure fairness and consistency, we have a standardized interview process for all of our roles.
Recruiter screening
In this conversation, our recruiters will dive in to learn more about you, your background, and what you’re looking for in your next role. Additionally, we will share more details about the role and answer any of your questions, while also going through standard recruiting questions.
Hiring-manager screening
When you meet with the hiring manager, they will discuss the technical aspects of the role you are interviewing for, evaluate your abilities and experience, and focus on clarifying any of your questions related to the team, culture, and expectations of the role.
If you are interviewing for a technical role for teams such as engineering, you will receive a technical screening or a take-home assessment in place of this hiring-manager screening.
Panel interview
Our panel interviews consist of a series of curated interviewers who have been given clear and intentional topics for discussion. They will be diving deeper into your thought process, solutions, and how to approach real-life situations you can come across at Coursera.
For teams such as design, engineering, and data science, you will receive complete guidance on what type of questions to expect from each interviewer. For product and management roles, we may include an additional panel session with the VP of the team. Your recruiter will share these details with you if it is related to your interview process.
Decision to hire
Your interview panel, hiring manager, and recruiter will meet to discuss your interviews and qualifications for the role. Based on the feedback, which we ensure does not include biases, the hiring manager will come to a decision.
Offer
When all the factors of your offer have been discussed internally, your recruiter will reach out with an offer! In this discussion, your recruiter will go over the details of your offer, benefits at Coursera, and answer any questions you may have about the offer and opportunity to join Team Coursera.
A Workplace for Innovators
Engineering at Coursera
At the highest level, we have product engineering teams focused on growth, each of Coursera's primary business lines, the in-course experience shared by all learners, and the building blocks of content, as well as an infrastructure team that supports all of engineering.
Global Workforce
India Technical Development Center
In order for us to bring affordable, job-relevant education to every corner of the world, we must have a team that encompasses the diverse perspectives of our global learner base.