I'm on the agency side so I can't speak to Replit's internal process exactly, but I prepped three candidates who went through their recruiter screen in 2025-2026. Composite picture based on what they reported back.
The Replit phone screen is about 30 minutes with a recruiter or a recruiting coordinator. It's more substantive than average for a screen. A few patterns:
They ask why Replit specifically. Not in a "flatter us" way. They want to know if you've actually used the product and have a point of view on it. Candidates who gave a generic "I'm excited about your mission" answer said the recruiter probed harder. Candidates who said something specific about the IDE, or Ghostwriter, or a specific product decision they had thoughts on, said the conversation opened up.
They ask about your relationship with developer tools. Even for non-eng roles in one case. What do you use, what do you like, what frustrates you. They're building tools for developers, they want to know you think about tools.
Logistics come up. Timezone, remote setup, availability. They move fast when they like someone. One candidate went from screen to onsite offer in about 12 days total. Another stalled for 3 weeks before ghosting. There's variance.
Comp range is discussed on the screen, briefly. They won't anchor you to a number in most cases but will ask for your range. Have one ready. Looking at 2026 data, senior SWE remote seems to land $160-200k base depending on level, with meaningful equity on top.
One thing: they use Greenhouse. If you applied through LinkedIn and don't see a Greenhouse email in 48 hours, check spam.