Wise Software Engineer interview experience

The first question was a LeetCode-style medium problem, and the second required writing an API. After that, I moved into a prerecorded interview/culture-fit style round.

Even though the early stages felt manageable, the bigger issue was how late in the loop the real expectations showed up. The conversation shifted heavily toward platform domain depth and a platform perspective only at a late stage, which made the earlier rounds feel like they weren’t clearly signaling what mattered most. I ended up investing a lot of time without knowing it was essentially a fundamental mismatch.

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