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Interviewed
AcquiredYC S15Austin, US · Founded 2014 · 7 employees on LinkedIn · 15 known investors
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Interviewed provides job simulations and assessments that let employers evaluate candidates' performance on job-related tasks.
Also known as Prehire · Prehire, Inc. · Interviewed S15
Founders & leadership· Y Combinator alumni (S15)
Interviewed was founded in 2014 by Chris Bakke, Darren Nix, and Daniel O'Shea.
Investors · 15
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Funding
SEC filings, press & company announcements- Undisclosed amountseed roundSep 2015
Red Swan Ventures, SV Angel, YC
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Source: company announcements and press reports — follow each round's link for the claim.
Company profile
researched Aug 2026Interviewed was an Austin, Texas-based recruiting and HR technology company that built job simulations and assessments, positioning its product around letting employers observe candidates performing job-related tasks rather than relying on interviews alone. The company participated in Y Combinator's Summer 2015 batch and is categorized by Y Combinator under the Recruiting and HR Tech sectors.
Y Combinator lists the company's status as acquired, pointing to a press release announcing that Indeed, described as the world's number one job site, had acquired Interviewed. Founder biographies on the same page date the Indeed acquisition to 2017. Beyond the acquisition and batch details, publicly available material in the reviewed sources contains no financial, customer, or product metrics.
Latest developments
The most recent development documented in the sources is the acquisition of Interviewed by Indeed, listed by Y Combinator and dated to 2017 in founder biographies. Founders have since moved on to other ventures, including Steadily.com (Darren Nix) and Laskie (Chris Bakke, which the source says was acquired by X/Twitter in 2023).
▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography, history
Market position
Y Combinator classifies Interviewed within the Recruiting and HR Tech categories. Its acquisition by Indeed, characterized in the linked press release title as a leading HR technology company acquisition, is the only positioning signal available in the sources.
Technology
The sources describe the offering only as job simulations and assessments intended to show candidates in action performing tasks; no technical implementation details are provided.
Go-to-market
Employers evaluating job candidates, per the description of the product as job simulations and assessments used to see candidates in action.
Geography
Headquartered in Austin, Texas, United States.
History
Interviewed took part in Y Combinator's Summer 2015 accelerator batch and was based in Austin, Texas. It was subsequently acquired by the job site Indeed, an outcome Y Combinator records on its company page and that founder biographies place in 2017. Founders listed by Y Combinator are Chris Bakke, Darren Nix and Daniel O'Shea; Bakke's bio notes prior roles including COO of 42Floors and early business development at Zillow and RentJuice, and a later role as CEO of Laskie, while Nix is described as previously having built Leaky (Y Combinator Summer 2011) and as a founder at Steadily.com.
Compiled by commissioned research from 6 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
Founder mafia
3 people who came through Interviewed went on to found or lead other companies.
Related companies · 5
Companies working in the same space as Interviewed.
Timeline · 1
launches, deals, and filingsIndeed, described as the world's number one job site, acquired Interviewed. Y Combinator's company page links to an Indeed press release on the acquisition and founder bios date the acquisition to 2017.
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
Legal entities · 2
corporate structureIn the news
▸Research sources · 6
primary sources listed
- Interviewed: Job simulations and assessments. See candidates in action doing the… | Y Combinatorycombinator.com · web
6 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.
Frequently asked questions
- What does Interviewed do?
- Austin-based HR tech startup offering job simulations and assessments; acquired by Indeed.
- Who founded Interviewed?
- Interviewed was founded by Chris Bakke, Darren Nix, Daniel O'Shea in 2014.
- Who are Interviewed's investors?
- Interviewed's investors include FundersClub, Social Starts, Switch Ventures, Y Combinator, Apollo Health Ventures, Great Oaks Venture Capital, Joyance Partners, Red Swan Ventures and 7 more.
- Where is Interviewed headquartered?
- Interviewed is headquartered in Austin, US.