Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Chess.com as 100% positive with a difficulty rating score of 2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Frontend Engineer and rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Frontend Engineer and roles were rated as the easiest.
The hiring process at Chess.com takes an average of 14 days when considering 1 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Frontend Engineer had the quickest hiring process (on average 14 days), whereas Frontend Engineer roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 14 days).
The first step is a recruiter interview.
Then there is a general technical interview without codding.
After that they give you a testing assignment of a medium size.
Then there is a second technical interview where they will ask to modify your assignment and ask some questions about the assignment.
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Chess.com (Valencia, Valencian Community) in May 2026
Interview
He tenido la primera entrevista con HR, es solo un primer contacto, no te preoguntan nada, solo envié la info que necesitaban saber por email, y esta entrevista solo fue para contarme de la cultura y programar una entrevista mas tecnica con el Product Designer lead
After the first recruiter interview, there were 3 technical interviews followed by a hiring manager call. All interviews were with folks from the team from product managers and engineering manager