I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Wise
Interview
There were about 5 stages to the process. Call with the recruiter, call with a product designer, call with the design lead and a presentation for a take-home exercise (we've since then stopped doing that I believe, since it's not necessarily the greatest practice but I did enjoy it). The last stage was having a meeting with my potential team's PM and Engineering lead - I had the luck of knowing some of my potential (product) team mates from before and I liked the fact that the familiarity didn't carry over to the interview process itself.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Wise (London, England) in Feb 2026
Interview
Applied online, two stages in, then ghosted.
I've seen the same job being reposted 2-3 times in the past 6 months. I'm wondering if the role is real or it's just a strategy to make the company look active.
There were multiple stages: interview with recruiter, head of design followed by a portfolio review. Everyone was friendly and the team were lovely. I thought they asked thoughtful questions during the portfolio review and were quick in their feedback.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Wise (London, England) in May 2024
Interview
I was suggested by the talent partner to prepare a 5-10-minute high-level walk-through of one of my portfolios. However, during the interview, I was asked to share the working Figma file which I wasn't prepared for. Then I got turned down as I wasn't able to show the iteration that they wished to see, which to me was pretty unfair.
Product Designer applicants have rated the interview process at Wise with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 25% positive. To compare, the company-average is 49.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Product Designer roles take an average of 90 days to get hired, when considering 4 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 Product Designer according to 4 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 33%
Background check: 22%
Presentation: 11%
Group panel interview: 11%
Phone interview: 11%
Drug test: 11%
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