Don't accept the offer if you aren't 100% satisfied with the compensation
Don't accept the offer if you aren't 100% satisfied with the compensation
- Benefits
- Work-life balance
- Home office
- Flexible hours
- Travel to other offices (though now only 3 times a year)
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Promotion: almost impossible to get promoted before the 2-year mark, however good your performance reviews are.
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Salary: The pay bands are public, but don't expect to earn above the middle of the band if you don't start there. What happens otherwise is that you start at the bottom and get small raises that still keep you in the bottom each year, regardless of your reviews.
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On-call: Officially, it's optional, but more important services require 24/7 on-call.
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On-call: Instead of paying night, weekend, holiday, overtime, etc., allowances when the engineer is alerted, they just allow you to take the worked time off.
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The interview had 5 parts, including cognitive tests, basic SWE questions, and behavioral video interviews. It was not very difficult but just required basic knowledge of SQL, Git, APIs, etc. The final round was pretty easy as well.
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Screening round with a recruiter, followed by a tech test with a senior engineer or two. The recruiter round is a straightforward screening, as standard. The tech test tends to be a practical problem based on a real-life scenario relevant to Wise, no
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Had an interview with a recruiter, and it was one of the best experiences. The whole meeting took around 30 minutes. We talked about the company and the project itself I'm applying to work on, about my previous experience, and the future parts of the
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Budapest, Budapest, HungaryNovember 1, 2024The interview had 5 parts, including cognitive tests, basic SWE questions, and behavioral video interviews. It was not very difficult but just required basic knowledge of SQL, Git, APIs, etc. The final round was pretty easy as well.
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London, EnglandJuly 8, 2025Screening round with a recruiter, followed by a tech test with a senior engineer or two. The recruiter round is a straightforward screening, as standard. The tech test tends to be a practical problem based on a real-life scenario relevant to Wise, no
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TallinnJuly 1, 2025Had an interview with a recruiter, and it was one of the best experiences. The whole meeting took around 30 minutes. We talked about the company and the project itself I'm applying to work on, about my previous experience, and the future parts of the
