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Wise Software Engineer interview experience

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London, EnglandPosted Jul 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

The journey I went through had a clear five-stage structure, starting with a recruiter call that was basically a Q&A.

That first step took about half an hour, and then every subsequent stage ran for around an hour. I only made it to the fourth stage, so the process didn’t reach the later decision points.

The first technical round was pair programming. I had two interviewers on the call, and everything proceeded as expected. After that, I reached system design, which at first felt manageable—but then it started to unravel because the two interviewers didn’t agree with each other. One interviewer pushed to cover more quickly than I felt I was ready for, while the other wanted a design that met the

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