Software Engineer Interview Experience - Toronto, Canada
November 25, 2018
Positive ExperienceNo Offer
Process
I applied online. The process took one week.
- A brief HR phone interview about your experience and strengths.
- A phone interview working on an online code editor to solve a finance-based OOD problem.
- Four hours of onsite interviews, which included two rounds of coding about data structure and algorithm implementation on a real financial domain problem, one round of system design to bring up your solutions to improve one of the backend components, and one HR interview about your experience and strengths again.
Overall, it was a nice experience, and the interview is not too difficult if you can review your classic algorithm books before the interview.
Questions
An algorithm about combination.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 31 interview experiences for the Wealthsimple Software Engineer role in Toronto, Ontario.
Success Rate
48%
Pass Rate
Wealthsimple's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in Toronto, Ontario is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.
Experience Rating
Positive74%
Neutral19%
Negative6%
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Wealthsimple's Software Engineer interview process in Toronto, Ontario.
Wealthsimple Work Experiences
5.0
Great company, great mission, great people
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Toronto, ON
January 14, 2018
Pros: The other reviews here speak correctly of the many pros of this organization.
For me the most critical is that the fundamental mission is inspiring, worthwhile, and socially very important: make financial services super simple and accessible to everyone irrespective of income or net worth.
Cons: It's a busy place with a lot going on. Generally each employee has a lot of autonomy and with that the obligation to take ownership of their domain and provide value to clients. Some people may find that kind of open-ended work situation hard to manage.
5.0
Great place to work - Super promising company
Software Engineer • Current Employee
September 20, 2018
Pros: Wealthsimple is all about getting sh!t done, and getting it done right. If you're looking to really make an impact on the financial services industry, this is the place to be. Some benefits include:
- Daily catered lunches for all employees
- Product focused company culture
- Extremely capable, intelligent coworkers
- Dev managers who are committed to helping you grow and succeed from day 1
- Extremely thorough on-boarding process, you get a feel for what each department at the company does in an interactive way
- Transparent and approachable leadership team
Cons: - Wealthsimple is an *extremely* fast paced company, so things can get a little hectic sometimes especially around a launch like with any startup.
- People seem to work long hours / be active on slack into the night. However I haven't heard from anyone that this is expected / required, it seems more just that people are committed to realizing the company's vision.
1.0
team dependent
Software Engineer • Former Employee
Toronto, ON
January 18, 2024
Pros: Some of the coworkers are nice.
Cons: - bad product leaders, decisions get trickled down and engineers are scrambling to keep up with them
- really hard to get promoted
- no raises
- 5.0Great company, great mission, great peopleSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeToronto, ONJanuary 14, 2018Pros: The other reviews here speak correctly of the many pros of this organization. For me the most critical is that the fundamental mission is inspiring, worthwhile, and socially very important: make financial services super simple and accessible to everyone irrespective of income or net worth.Cons: It's a busy place with a lot going on. Generally each employee has a lot of autonomy and with that the obligation to take ownership of their domain and provide value to clients. Some people may find that kind of open-ended work situation hard to manage.
- 5.0Great place to work - Super promising companySoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSeptember 20, 2018Pros: Wealthsimple is all about getting sh!t done, and getting it done right. If you're looking to really make an impact on the financial services industry, this is the place to be. Some benefits include: - Daily catered lunches for all employees - Product focused company culture - Extremely capable, intelligent coworkers - Dev managers who are committed to helping you grow and succeed from day 1 - Extremely thorough on-boarding process, you get a feel for what each department at the company does in an interactive way - Transparent and approachable leadership teamCons: - Wealthsimple is an *extremely* fast paced company, so things can get a little hectic sometimes especially around a launch like with any startup. - People seem to work long hours / be active on slack into the night. However I haven't heard from anyone that this is expected / required, it seems more just that people are committed to realizing the company's vision.
- 1.0team dependentSoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeToronto, ONJanuary 18, 2024Pros: Some of the coworkers are nice.Cons: - bad product leaders, decisions get trickled down and engineers are scrambling to keep up with them - really hard to get promoted - no raises
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