The process consists of 5 steps:

• Recruiter call (0.5h)
• Pair programming task (1h)
• System design round (1.5h)
• Product manager interview (0.5h)
• Final round (1h)

All interviews were done on Zoom.

Overall, the process was quite smooth, and you could always ask for feedback from the recruiter.

What I didn't like was that each step was done with someone in a completely different department. It was only at the last step where you actually had a talk with your team lead (which is one of the important steps, in my opinion). Why waste so many rounds to only at the end discover that the culture fit wouldn't be right?

The system design interview tested your knowledge about basic development processes and, in the end, required you to design a simple architecture on an online whiteboard.

The product manager interview was very laid back. I enjoyed this probably the most.

I was rejected at the final round, which was mostly technical talk about your previous experience and was also quite similar to the system design interview. I didn't really understand why candidates would need to do a third technical round on top of all the previous ones.

All in all, everyone seemed really smart in the company. I had some great insight into how Wise works.

Why do you want to join Wise?