I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Airwallex
Interview
Overall feels a lot more like consulting interview than PM.
HR phone screening+3 rounds of interview, all with the same structure(1/4 Intro&past experience, 1/2 consulting-style case/brainteaser, 1/4 Q&A), with no clear focus on each round.
Even for the final round, the questions are still super general/random. Seems like the interviewers had too little experience on payment/product to ask anything substantial.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
- You want to open a flower ship in the city, what do you need to consider?
- Explain how does a power generator work from a technical perspective
- Help a logistics company decided whether they need to add more trucks for a particular route.
Recruiter screen, hiring manager screen and onsite case interview that was consulting style and involved a market entry and bottleneck analysis. Recruiter will brief you before each interview on what to expect
First round was with the hiring manager, focusing on past experiences. Second round was a consultant-style case interview.
The first part is a product design question. You will be fine as long as you practise!
The second part is an analytical question with calculation. Do note that you will need to do this calculation logically and preferably quickly.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. How would you go about opening a cafe in Singapore CBD?
2. There are too many customers and people are backed up at the cashier. Does it makes sense to hire another cashier?
- Ask about the cost of operation, revenue, and efficiency e.g., how many orders processed per hour, how many drinks made, and find the marginal cost/benefit of hiring another cashier / barista
Almost 100% case study. Started with brief self intro and asked why I wanted to join Airwallex. That’s it and the we started case study, one qualitative and one quantitative question
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
A business pitch question - how will you pitch to investors if you need to open a new store