Contrary

How the process runsFirm careers page, read Nov 7, 2026

1. 1ApplicationStated by ContraryVenture Partner applications go through an online form and are reviewed as they arrive.
2. 2Phone screenTypicalA short call on what you have built or found, and why venture.
3. 3First roundStated by ContraryAn interview with a member of the central team, then an informal chat with current Venture Partners at your school where there are any.
4. 4Final roundStated by ContraryA final conversation with the firm's founder.
5. 5OfferTypicalUsually within days of the final round.

Timing between stages shows on each program page once students report it. Firms change formats by year and office; the firm's own invite is the final word.

What it tends to weighStated, then typical

From Contrary's careers site: Independent thinkers with a record of excellence and real interest in early stage technology; more than a year of school left is preferred. Source

• Access: the founders and builders you already know on campus and online.
• Judgment on very early companies, where team and insight matter more than numbers.
• Evidence that you build things: projects, writing, communities, or companies.

behavioral

5 questions

technicals

6 questions

modeling

3 questions

markets

6 questions