Who we are

MAKA is founded by Diana & Onome who met while working together at Jumia Kenya. We are excited to build a team committed to delivering world-class products & experiences and are backed by top African & U.S. VCs including 4DX Ventures & Palm Drive Capital.

MAKA is a distributed team with employees across Africa & North America - we embrace remote work.

Our Values

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Our Interview Process

To join the MAKA team, you'll have a series of interviews that are summarized below.

Interview 1: Role Fit

This is an interview with your hiring manager who will delve into your resume / CV to better understand your experiences and how they are aligned with the role you're interviewing for.

Note that you might also meet other team member at MAKA as part of this process - it is an opportunity for you to also get to know the people you will be working with better and ask any questions you might have.

This interview will be primarily "behavioral" - this means answering questions about past projects & challenges you tackled and how you handled them. Here's an example question: Tell me about a time you worked on a project outside your comfort zone.

We recommend using the STAR method to respond to behavioral questions - this allows you to give a structured answer and provides your interviewer with the details they need to understand your experiences. The STAR method is as follows:

• S - Situation. Describe the situation or scene. Provide the context or background details so your answer is clear. It can be tempting to provide too much context - remember you only need to provide enough so your interviewer understands the task, actions you took & the result.
• T - Task. Describe the specifics of your responsibility within this situation. What was the goal you had to work towards?
• A - Action. Describe the steps you took to address this problem
• R - Results. Summarize the outcome of the actions you took and the impact they had.

Step 2: Assessment or Take-home assignment