$21 Billion Company Bending Spoons Reveals Hiring Process for Selecting Candidates from Over 800,000 Applications

Bending Spoons, a $21 billion company owning Eventbrite, Vimeo, and AOL, disclosed its rigorous hiring process that selected just 286 candidates out of over 800,000 applications. The firm uses tests on reasoning, judgment, learning speed, interviews, and algorithms to assess talent with an acceptance rate of less than 0.04%. Despite the high rejection rate, application numbers doubled last year.

By Emma Burleigh Wed, July 15, 2026 at 6:10 PM GMT+3 3 min read · Yahoo Finance ·

$21 Billion Company Bending Spoons Reveals Hiring Process for Selecting Candidates from Over 800,000 Applications

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