Happiness Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Automattic with 3.2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 82% positive. To compare, the company-average is 54.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Happiness Engineer roles take an average of 50 days to get hired, when considering 79 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Automattic overall takes an average of 43 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Automattic as a Happiness Engineer according to 79 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 26%
Presentation: 18%
Skills test: 16%
Other: 8%
Group panel interview: 8%
Personality test: 6%
Phone interview: 6%
Background check: 6%
IQ intelligence test: 4%
Drug test: 3%
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I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Automattic
Interview
They reach out through Linkedin. They offered a really low budget but I needed a job so I wanted to move forward. Then they sent a form that basically evaluates my intention.
Afterwards, they sent an online assessment like a cognitive ability test with 50 question in 15 minutes, ordinary stuff. Plus an English test, 12 questions, 1 min each. After that, I got rejected.
Probably, either I have really low IQ or I can't even write in English even though I have been working for US/EU companies for years and I have a lot of hands-on experience along with industry-recognized certificates.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why are you interested in working for Automattic and the Happiness Engineer role? etc
The interview was through slack, you had to walk them through a chat customer service interaction. First you are given a take home issues to solve and send on how to fix or actually fix.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
On a scale of 1 to 10 what is your experience with using WordPress.
I applied online. I interviewed at Automattic in Dec 2025
Interview
The interview was not bad, but not the best setup for me as someone living with anxiety. I stuttered a few times, though I know and I'm sure of what I wanted to say.