Candidates applying for Engineering Lead roles take an average of 21 days to get hired, when considering 1 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Wise overall takes an average of 24 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Wise as a Engineering Lead according to 1 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 50%
One on one interview: 50%
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I was approached by a recruiter from the company, who explained the role and next steps. I received an email indicating a Pair Programming exercise, with options to schedule it with the team. I chose a time and scheduled it. However, the explanations on the Wise website about PP interviews differed slightly from the recruiter’s email. I tried to clarify this, but the recruiter’s response was unhelpful.
On the day of the Zoom interview, I joined the call and waited over 15 minutes for the other party to join, but nobody joined. I dropped the call and emailed the recruiter, but she never replied.
I had read negative reviews beforehand, but I tried to stay positive and decided to proceed with the first interview. Unfortunately, it resulted in a terrible experience.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The first screening was mostly about what I had done before.
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Wise (São Paulo, São Paulo) in Aug 2025
Interview
4 Etapas: HR, Code (Hackerrank), System Design (Hackerrank), Product Interview). Cada uma delas eliminatórias, passei nas 3 primeiras e foram muito boas e bem conduzidas, mostrando muito da cultura da Wise, mas a última foi horrível conduzida por uma liderança com menos de 1 mês de Wise. Uma pessoa grosseira, não te deixa concluir o raciocínio da pergunta, terminou a entrevista antes do tempo, não seguiu em nada a própria orientação da página da Wise sobre a etapa de Product Interview, tão tóxico quanto sua antiga empresa. Fez deboche quando perguntei sobre a cultura da Wise. Não sei como um profissional desses faz parte de uma empresa que admiro tanto.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
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DO NOT INTERVIEW HERE!
A message to Wise:
Improve how you treat your candidates and treat them with respect. My recruiter Mark Levallee did not even communicate what the result of my interviews were and TO THIS DAY, I had to assume that I didn't get through. It has completely put me off of ever applying for a job at wise and much less recommend others to go through the same awful experience. I also had to wait weeks initially before my first few rounds were setup. Just appalling experience.