Company details

HEADCOUNT

1000-2999

ORG TYPE

Startup

SECTOR

Finance

WEBSITE

http://www.chime.com/

About the company

Chime is a US consumer fintech focused on fee-free everyday banking-style products, including spending and savings features, delivered through an app. Chime positions the product as “a financial technology company, not a bank,” with banking services provided through partner banks. Chime was founded in 2012 and has operated at national scale with millions of members. Public reporting around 2025 also covers Chime’s IPO filing and debut.

Locations and presence

Chime’s primary offices are in San Francisco and Chicago, with additional workspaces in cities with high concentrations of employees (including New York City). The company also supports remote roles and describes a hybrid model with periodic team or company events, plus presence in Canada.

Palpable Score

73.5

/ 100

Chime has visible early-talent hiring through internships and new-grad pathways, backed by mentoring language and intern programming on the careers site. The biggest limiter is that many live openings skew mid-to-senior, and candidate experience signals include take-home work and multi-round loops that may feel heavy for early-career applicants.

Pillar 1: Early-career access

Score

14.5

/ 20

The company publishes an “Early Talent” track covering interns and new grads, including eligibility beyond 2 or 4-year students (bootcamps included) and a stated conversion intent where possible.
Chime highlights a 2024 intern cohort size (38 interns across 10 fields of study) and shows repeat summer programming rather than one-off internships.
The company’s main live job board is dominated by senior titles and multi-year experience requirements, which limits always-on entry-level access outside seasonal early-talent openings.

Pillar 2: Hiring fairness and transparency

Score

13.0

/ 20

The company lays out a step-by-step hiring flow (apply → recruiter/hiring manager call → interviews → offer) and sets an expectation to hear back in 1–2 weeks regardless of decision.
Chime publishes interview-prep guidance for remote interviews, which helps candidates understand practical expectations before the loop.
The company has multiple candidate reports describing take-home challenges and long, multi-round processes, and some candidates report templated rejection communication when asking for feedback.

Pillar 3: Learning and support

Score

16.5

/ 20

The company states that every intern and new grad gets coaching from a manager and a dedicated mentor, plus structured touchpoints like lunch-and-learns and training sessions.
Chime describes interns presenting their work and learnings to leadership at the end of the internship, which is a concrete growth and visibility moment.
The company’s intern and new-grad stories include specific learning examples (new languages, confidence-building, guidance on asking questions) that point to day-to-day support rather than “sink or swim.”

Pillar 4: Pay fairness and stability

Score

16.0

/ 20

The company includes posted base-salary ranges on many full-time roles and frequently adds bonus, equity, and benefits language (example: $109,000–$150,000 for a data analyst role with bonus and equity).
Chime lists benefits that matter early in a career, including a 401(k) match, health coverage options, parental leave, wellness support, and flexible time off.
The company does not consistently show early-talent hourly pay details on the main early-talent landing page, so internship pay transparency is harder to verify from first-party pages alone.

Pillar 5: Early-career outcomes

Score

13.5

/ 20

The company says internship-to-full-time conversion happens “whenever possible” and notes that many interns have converted over the years, even while not guaranteeing conversion.
Chime publishes at least one new-grad profile explicitly describing returning full-time after an internship, and ties that decision to mentoring and team support.
The company’s public employee-review snapshot is broadly positive on overall sentiment, but the “career opportunities” rating sits noticeably lower than work-life balance, which suggests mixed signals on advancement pace.