I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Airwallex
Interview
Didn’t enjoy the process. Lots of brain teaser questions that have nothing to do with industry insights and soft skills. Feeling like I’m interviewing for a consultant role and it’s more about presentation skills and college level problem solving skills. Very few questions into my past experience in payments, how I work with engineering team and manage stakeholders, which is highly valued by other top tier companies like TikTok (got an offer for payments on a 3-1 level)
Feeling like I was evaluated as a new graduate fresh out of MBA with no value add other than “raw intelligence”.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Brain teaser questions like transportation optimization
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