Application Process
Our application period for Fall 2020 will open soon. We will be accepting Academy Members, Software Developers and Product Designers for the Fall semester. Our recruitment process will include an Info Session within the first week of school, an application, and interviews in the weeks to follow.
Info Session
Be sure to come out to our Info Session to get an idea of who we are, what we do, and the impact Hack4Impact has. For our virtual recruitment, this will be in the form of a Facebook Livestream!
Keep an eye on our Facebook page for when we go live!
Thursday, August 27 6-7 PM CDTApplications
Applications will be released after our Info Session and will be due three days after! Stay tuned for the link.
Due Sunday, August 30 12:00 PM CDTFirst Round Interviews
Hack4Impact looks for students who are hungry to learn, excellent teammates, and are passionate for tech and social impact. Our first round interviews will give you an opportunity to answer some questions about yourself while also meeting some of our members.
Wednesday, September 2 - Thursday, September 3Second Round Interviews
This will be a short role-specific interview that is relevant to the position you are applying for. We encourage discussion throughout the interview and you’ll have an opportunity to ask questions to learn more about us.
Monday, September 7 - Wednesday, September 9Social Round
Our Social Night will be a fun opportunity for us to get to know each other with a more casual atmosphere. Be your authentic self!
Saturday, September 12Take Home Exercise
A small, take home project designed to expose you to the tasks and technologies you will encounter while working with your project teams. More instructions will be provided then.
Due Sunday, September 13“
A lot of classwork is theoretical. You’re given a contrived problem, and then you solve it. At Hack4Impact, you get to build a product from the ground up. Being exposed to building something from scratch is a great experience as a student.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes! Here is a rough schedule of our Fall 2020 Recruitment events:
- August Week 4: Info Session + Applications
- September Week 1: 1st Round Behavioral Interview
- September Week 2: 2nd Round Technical Interview
Yes! Recruitment will be entirely virtual for this semester. Applicants are welcome regardless of whether you are living on campus or not.
Team: Work on a team of 4-7 students led by a PM and tech lead
Build: Develop the product throughout the semester (~12 weeks)
Ship: Deliver the final product to the nonprofit client!
Community: Join an organization with a strong focus on mentorship and social community events
Nope! Mentorship is a core value of our organization so we are always looking to take less experienced developers as long as you are willing to put in the time and have the passion to learn. You will have a tight feedback loop with your project leads along with experienced members on your team to ensure your success and project’s success in-order to benefit the nonprofit your team is working with.
We would love to accept all of our good candidates, but from our perspective, this is what we see.
- We can’t work with all the non-profits in the world, because the quality of work and projects is just not scalable. We need to be incredibly selective with our leads because any risk of wasting an entire six months of time would ultimately be counterproductive for both our clients and students.
- We can’t have enormous teams because productivity inherently goes down, and work becomes less meaningful if anyone is tasked with completing a miniscule part of the project. On top of that, there are physical limits on the number of groups we can meet in person.
- We can only interview a fixed number of candidates, no matter how many good ones apply. We can only take as many candidates as our projects leads can support along with the scope of the projects itself. We want to take everyone who is qualified and we want to take on more projects, but for the reasons above, we just can’t.
We go a lot more in-depth in our role descriptions in our Official Notion page. View Software Developer Role. View Product Designer Role.
For all inquiries of partnership or sponsorship, please contact us at uiuc@hack4impact.org.