Frequently Asked Questions

• Here you can find the answers for several questions regarding our recruitment process and employee life. For specific details or information related to a particular job, please contact us directly through our candidate chat on our website, or write us at jobs@probatix.de.

• What positions are available at Probatix?

  Here you can have access to all our open positions at the moment.

• How and where should I submit a CV and additional attachments (cover letter, personal website, portfolio)?

  Uploading a CV with some contact information is mandatory and the only necessary requirement when applying for our positions, so you will not be disadvantaged if you send only that document. But if you think you have a relevant portfolio or personal website or that a cover letter would make sense, feel free to attach them too!

  We recommend you to apply directly through our Career Page or through our Linkedin page! Go check it out.

• How can I prepare for my interview at Probatix?

  At Probatix, we stay up to date with the latest recruitment process successes, and make sure they align with our values, mission and vision. 

  We have some advice for you on how you can prepare for this journey. Feel free to get inspired with our Candidate's Guide to Recruitment.

• What is the hiring process like?

  Our hiring process has 5 stages. If everything goes accordingly and you move swiftly through them, you can expect an offer after 3-4 weeks!

  1. After you submit your application, we take a maximum of 3 days to respond. Disclaimer: In every stage, you will always receive a response even if we do not move forward with the process.

  2. If your application is approved, the recruiter for the specific position will send you an invite for an online interview, with approximately 20-30 minutes of duration.

  3. You will receive an answer regarding the first interview within a maximum of 3 days. If it is a positive one, we will send you a Case Study tailored to the position you applied for. You will have 5 days to send your completed challenge.

  4. You can expect a response regarding the Case Study within 2 to 5 days. If the case is successfully completed, you will be called for an interview with the Hiring Manager of the position you applied for, and possibly someone else from that department.

  5. After a maximum of 3 days, you will know if you made it to the final round, and the time comes to meet our CEO, Daniel, or COO, Philipp - according to the position you have applied for. This is ideally a face to face interview at our offices in Berlin.

  After the final interview, you can expect an answer (and hopefully an offer!) between 2-5 days. Good luck!

• Can I automatically be notified when new positions open?

  You can follow us on our social media: Linkedin, Twitter, Kununu and XING, and be sure to frequently check our Career Page and connect with us! By connecting, you will receive information about our new job openings.

• What benefits and perks do you offer to employees?

  We make sure everyone is empowered to take ownership and feel free within their own projects - be bold and authentic!

  Our communication flow benefits from our soft hierarchies. Independently of seniority, we make sure everyone is heard and seen, and the best idea always wins.

  We are proud to welcome people from all over the world - cultural diversity is something we enjoy celebrating!

  Your growth and development is highly valued - we have a strategic feedback culture that helps us make you as engaged and happy as possible. We offer weekly tech talks, internal workshops, supported Udemy and Coursera focused on hard and soft skills, etc. courses. We also provide you one free entry per year in a tech museum as an opportunity to learn more about the tech world!

  We have personalised (and fun!) onboarding programs with a structured training approach, as well as a home office setup.

  We enjoy regular team events - company wide or department specific, we celebrate our work environment and company culture together through informal moments.

  We have a hybrid work model and flexible working hours - namely for working parents - we value each persons’ work life balance. Happy workers, happy company!

  We offer discounts for BVG-ticket, Urban Sports Club, and German courses.

  Our office has free drinks and snacks, as well as a workout space for you to clear your mind and body!

  Feel free to bring your four legged friend, since we have a dog friendly space.

• What is the company culture like and how do you support employee growth and development?

  Nothing better than to share our most common internal feedback regarding our company culture:

  Our employees view Probatix as a mission and vision driven company that has the noble mission of betting on medical laboratory diagnostics as a crucial building block for the quality of the German healthcare system, and we all take great pride in this!

  There is a strong recognition of the way every employee is deeply involved with the product and is welcome to communicate their ideas. Since soft hierarchy aligned with ownership is one of our most important pillars, we are continuously building a team of solution oriented people that are willing to take ownership adapt to change.

  Work-life balance is strongly supported and encouraged at Probatix. We give our employees flexibility for them to manage their working time according to their personal needs (within office schedule), as well as ease of communication when it comes to sharing availability and work capacity.

  Mostly, our team makes the company! We make sure everyone who joins is aligned with our values - integrity, boldness, impact, proactivity and openness - and that we create the best work environment possible. To contribute to our welcoming and fun atmosphere, we prepare frequent team and department specific moments - team buildings, connect breakfasts, lunch n’ talks… and much more! We like to get creative.

  Regarding employee development, it has become one of our main projects. We have 3 feedback cycles per year. Plus, our monthly pulse survey is extremely helpful in this sense - we openly communicate about it on our weekly team meetings. We make sure we not only gather feedback, but actually take action according to the results.

  Besides our Udemy free range of hard and soft skills courses, we have internal peer to peer knowledge sharing, tech talks to make sure even non tech roles are updated about the most recent industry findings, internal workshops, and internal soft skills training.

• Can I send a spontaneous application?

  Yes, you can. We welcome talented people who want to join our team. In this case, a cover letter would make sense - be clear about what role you would like to have, your motivations and about what you can bring. 

  It might happen that we do not have the capacity to give you a positive answer straight away, but if we see you are a match, you will become part of our talent pool and we might reach out to you in the future!

• After I applied, I would like to send over new or updated application documents, how can I do this?

  There is no problem in updating you application if you find something is missing. 

  To make sure this information does not get lost, contact the recruiter directly and send them what you would like to add (you have access to their email after the first application, when you receive a confirmation message from them).

• After I got rejected, can I re-apply?

  Whenever a candidate applies for a specific job, we also check if they fit with any of our other open positions. Even so, you are welcome to apply to several positions, and even re apply to the same ones after sometime, since it might happen - although it is rare - that the job requirements slightly change.

• What is your privacy policy for candidates?

  We are compliant with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) when handling personal data of EU citizens. We have an automatically extended permission to keep information - after 6 months of a candidate applying, we send them an email informing that their personal information will be retained, unless they actively opt-out. When a candidate submits this removal request, their data is deleted after 30 days.

• What personal data is collected when connect and/or apply, and for what purpose? Who can access it?

  For people who apply, we collect the information candidates provide us in their CV, such as contact details, resume, qualifications, and other documents they provide. The data of the candidates is processed for the purpose of recruitment; to allow them to apply for jobs, and/or to be considered for potential future jobs.

  For people who connect, we store the same data, and plus, they automatically subscribe to our career page in order to receive updates about new job openings.

  Only key employees such as the CEO, COO, HR and the Hiring Managers for the specific job position have access to data with the clearly defined purpose of troubleshooting, and are subject to confidentiality.

• Who can I contact if I have questions about data protection?

  If this is the case, write to jobs@probatix.de.

• What kind of contract do you offer?

  We generally recruit either for full time positions (unlimited, with a 6 months probation period), or for working student positions (yearly, with a 6 month probation period). 

  Nevertheless, our flexibility also applies in our work contract types. If you would rather work with us part time, join as an intern or even as a freelancer, feel free to communicate about it.