Process
Screening HR call, pair programming interview with 1/2 engineers. I didn’t get past the pair programming as they said my knowledge of caching wasn’t up to the standard they’d hoped for.
Questions
Implement a service that calculates the exchange rate for a currency, given an input currency.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 3 interview experiences for the Wise Backend Engineer role in London, England.
Success Rate
0%
Pass Rate
Wise's interview process for their Backend Engineer roles in London, England is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Positive67%
Neutral33%
Negative0%
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Wise's Backend Engineer interview process in London, England.
Wise Work Experiences
5.0
One of the best companies to work for
Backend Engineer • Current Employee
London, undefined, United Kingdom
April 9, 2025
Pros: Culture
Colleagues
Meaningful work
Work-life balance
Cons: Too fast feature releases.
Extra transparent.
4.0
Autonomy, Great People, Workload Issues
Backend Engineer • Former Employee
London, England, United Kingdom
February 20, 2025
Pros: Autonomy
Product focused
Great people
Cons: 20% of people do 80% of work.
2.0
Good, feedback-driven company – can be suffocating at many times
Backend Engineer • Current Employee
London, England, United Kingdom
June 16, 2023
Pros: People are smart around you. Engineering is good. Problems are worth tackling.
Cons: Unusually high expectations and not that good pay to match it. Extremely feedback-driven; do one single mistake and someone will write it on your feedback. I feel it depends on who your lead is and the kind of team it is. For me, it has become quite suffocating to receive so much feedback, especially when two team members can give opposite feedback.
- 5.0One of the best companies to work forBackend Engineer • Current EmployeeLondon, undefined, United KingdomApril 9, 2025Pros: Culture Colleagues Meaningful work Work-life balanceCons: Too fast feature releases. Extra transparent.
- 4.0Autonomy, Great People, Workload IssuesBackend Engineer • Former EmployeeLondon, England, United KingdomFebruary 20, 2025Pros: Autonomy Product focused Great peopleCons: 20% of people do 80% of work.
- 2.0Good, feedback-driven company – can be suffocating at many timesBackend Engineer • Current EmployeeLondon, England, United KingdomJune 16, 2023Pros: People are smart around you. Engineering is good. Problems are worth tackling.Cons: Unusually high expectations and not that good pay to match it. Extremely feedback-driven; do one single mistake and someone will write it on your feedback. I feel it depends on who your lead is and the kind of team it is. For me, it has become quite suffocating to receive so much feedback, especially when two team members can give opposite feedback.
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