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Built for LATAM, by LATAM

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Fellows from Colombia, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Peru, Chile, Uruguay, Ecuador and across the region.

1. 01

   Application and fit review

   What you have already built, and what you want to build next.

   Applications close September 20, 2026. When they do, every applicant receives a welcome email inviting them to register on the admissions platform. Registering is not the application — it is the formal start of the process.

   Inside the platform you complete a form about what you have done before: what you led, what you built, what you made that was interesting. A Maker is someone who builds even when nobody asked them to, so we look for evidence of things already shipped rather than credentials or plans.

   Two required inputs

   • Your CV, ideally in Harvard format — the platform reads much of the profile analysis from it.
   • At least two personal or professional references who can speak to who you are.
2. 02

   AI interview, in English

   Fifteen minutes. One thing measured.

   The strongest profiles from phase one take a 15-minute interview with an AI, conducted in English. The conversation ranges across several topics, but only one thing is assessed: fluency in English.

   The bar is B2 and it is not negotiable. It is a binary knockout — you pass or you do not — and it adds no points to any later phase. It sits this early because it is the cheapest filter to run and the one with the least room for judgement: someone who cannot operate in English cannot use the programme, however strong the rest of the profile is.

3. 03

   Builder case

   A real problem with no predefined solution.

   You receive a real problem and design a proposal or a product that solves it. There is no correct answer, and that is deliberate: the case is built so that a generic answer — or one generated by AI — falls apart on its own.

   What is assessed

   • Quality of the diagnosis: did you find the real problem or treat a symptom?
   • Originality of the mechanism: is the solution yours, or the obvious one?
   • How realistic the proposal is.
   • How far outside the box you are willing to think.
   • Problem solving, critical thinking and analysis.
4. 04

   Builder case defence

   Phase three judges the thinking. This one judges the thinker.

   You present your proposal and answer questions about the decisions behind it. We are looking at how you work under pressure and how clearly you communicate.

   It also serves as proof of authorship: nobody can hold up a proposal they did not build once the questions start.

5. 05

   Conversation with a Makers senior

   The least structured phase, and the one that weighs most.

   The final stage is a conversation with someone senior on the team about what drives you. We want to know you further: your motivation, your ambition, how you would fit the community, and what difference Makers would actually make to your future.

   This is where the dimensions the rest of the process cannot reach get assessed — agency and commitment.