Two hours as the new TPM over four projects at once: two squads, shared engineers, one QA, clients with deadlines and no PRDs. Find the real status, write the missing PRD, plan people across projects, prepare a tough client call, set the projects up in ClickUp with the systems it connects to, keep everyone moving as messages arrive, and handle two clients escalating at once. AI tools welcome; we score detail and judgement.
Every project says green. Find out from the people who know and from the numbers what is really going on, project by project and across them.
The PRD a project shipped without, acceptance criteria a tester can check, and tickets a squad can pick up without asking you.
Three weeks of who works on what, with shared engineers, one QA, leave and a quote due. Say what you trade away and who you told.
Engineers, QA, clients and leadership message you all through the Lab. Answer as you go; it counts.
Two clients escalate at once. Steer it as you would on the job.
Set up how the projects run in ClickUp and what it connects to (GitHub, Slack, email, forms), and fix what is broken in today's set-up.
Walk us through the largest programme you ran, and back it with your own documents.
Everyone applying for this role is scored against these same criteria. Where possible, automated checks test whether your work really holds up; people review your reasoning.
Engineers, QA and clients can act on what you write without coming back to ask. Nothing important lives only in your head.
You keep two squads, shared people and several clients in step, and nobody is left blocked or in the middle.
You find the real status from people and numbers, and you tell clients and leadership plainly, before they find out.
Capacity that adds up per person per week, dependencies respected, and trade-offs told to the people they affect.
Scope outside the contract becomes a priced change request; shortcuts and promises you can't keep get a kind, clear no.
Your last answer is as careful as your first.
Your own roadmaps, plans and PRDs count more than anything you write about yourself. "Not yet" is a fine, honest answer.
You use AI to go faster and catch it when it goes generic or agrees with everyone.
Use the personal link in your email from careers@automaark.com. No account or password needed.
Add your own accounts, accounts you've worked on and your portfolio, with a screenshot of each. Not timed.
120 minutes in your browser, in one sitting. Everything saves as you type.
Or let the clock run out. We review what you saved.
No. Everything you need is in the Lab or with the people you can question. We score how you run delivery, not domain trivia.
No. Like real work, the facts live with people and in documents. You can question the CTO, two squad leads, a client and QA with a small budget of questions, and open a limited number of views in a data room. We read every question and see every step.
Yes, on purpose. Messages arrive in your inbox all through the Lab, as on a real Monday. Answer them as you go; keeping people moving is part of the job.
Yes, and we expect you to. We score your choices and your detail: who you ask, which numbers you use, what you decide and write down. Answers pasted from a chatbot read like they could be about any company, and they score low.
Redacted screenshots of your own work: a roadmap across teams, a RAID log, a resource plan, a PRD or a status report. Blur anything confidential. A LinkedIn profile shows a title; the work shows you did it.
Probably not perfectly in two hours. Prioritise, keep people moving, and say what you would do next. Partial answers count.
Yes. Labs runs on automaark.com, our own domain, and invitations come from careers@automaark.com. We will never ask for a password, payment or ID documents. If in doubt, email careers@automaark.com.
Yes, and we expect you to. You own everything you submit, so check what AI gives you, and tell us where it helped and where it was wrong. No help from another person. The full rules are on our AI-use page (labs.automaark.com/ai-use).
Only when you press Start. The deadline in your email is the last moment you can start. Pick any time before then that suits you; once you start, you finish in one sitting.
If our platform fails during your attempt, it's on us. Reply to your invite email and we'll give you a fresh attempt.
Your work is scored against the same written criteria as everyone else applying for that role. Shortlisted candidates are invited to a 30-minute call about what they did.
We store your name, email, the links and screenshots you give us and your assessment work, only for this hiring process. Your work stays private, is never published, and is deleted within 12 months.
