Interviewing at Succinct
Last updated November 2025
Our Process
Our hiring process is designed to give every candidate the opportunity to show the best version of themselves. We’re thoughtful and thorough in our assessments, and we know the process can feel demanding at times. We genuinely appreciate your time and consideration, and we promise to give you our full attention in return.
Process Outline
- Recruiter Interview: Video call with a member of our recruiting team (30 mins)
- Hiring Manager Interview: Video call with the hiring manager (45 mins)
- *Takehome Case Study: Short work sample presented to the team
- Full Interview Loop: Interviews with key stakeholders and executives (4-5 hours)
*This step of the interview process is not applicable to all roles.
Timeline: The full process typically spans 3–4 weeks, but we’ll move faster or slower depending on what works best for candidates.
Prepare for your interviews
The Basics
Succinct Story & Highlights
- Founded in 2021 by Uma Roy (MIT, ex-Google Brain) and John Guibas (Stanford, Thiel Fellow)
- Uma & John met at 0xParc in 2021 working on cryptography research and the rest is history!
- Paradigm leads $55 million round in ZK proofs startup Succinct Labs with participation from Polygon founders (The Block)
- Uma Roy - Truth in a Post Truth World - TOKEN2049 Singapore 2025
Resources, Case Studies and Documentation
- SP1 Hypercube: Succinct’s SP1 is the #1 zkVM (L2Beat)
- Exclusive partnership with Arbitrum to bring ZK to the Nitro stack (X)
- Succinct completes proving pilot for Sam Altman-backed World Chain, clearing potential path to becoming ZK rollup (The Block)
- Documentation for Protocol
- Documentation for Provers
- Documentation for Developers
- Succinct Prover Network Metrics (Dune)
Web2 vs. Web3
We are often asked if we give preference to candidates that are crypto-native.
We encourage anyone excited about Succinct and the future of zero knowledge technology to apply. While many on our team have crypto experience, we value diverse backgrounds and know that great talent comes from everywhere. Curiosity and excitement about what we’re building go a long way.
Questions & Feedback
- Interview Specific: If you are ever unclear about where you stand in the interview process please reach out to your recruiting contact.
- Feedback: We only get better with your feedback. Please provide us with feedback (positive or constructive) we would greatly appreciate it!
Interested in joining Succinct? Check out our open roles below!
