Company profile
Wise (formerly TransferWise) is the public cross-border payments platform, with a multi-currency account and a growing infrastructure-as-a-service line for banks. Interviews are values-led around the company's six leadership principles, with a coding round, an autonomy-focused mission round, and an explicit live-product critique.
Wise operates in the fintech space with a headcount around 7K, which usually puts hiring in a middle zone: repeatable enough to have defined stages, small enough that the team you would join runs most of the loop. For backend engineer, database engineer, developer relations engineer candidates that generally means a recruiter conversation, skill rounds led by future teammates, and a closing conversation with a senior leader. The role pages below break down the questions for each function.
Wise hires across several engineering and product functions, and the loop shifts with each one. Open a role for the reported questions, the round-by-round focus, and a salary band for that function.
Backend engineer interview questions and process at Wise.
Database engineer interview questions and process at Wise.
Developer relations engineer interview questions and process at Wise.
Elixir engineer interview questions and process at Wise.
Embedded engineer interview questions and process at Wise.
Engineering manager interview questions and process at Wise.
Forward-deployed engineer interview questions and process at Wise.
Founding engineer interview questions and process at Wise.
Approximate senior median pay for Wise's core roles, anchored to San Francisco and modelled from BLS, ONS, and Levels.fyi reference medians. These are market bands for the role and city, not Wise offers. Open a role for the full city-by-city table.
Wise holds a 4.0 Glassdoor rating. External review scores are directional signals. Treat them as context alongside the specific team, location, level, and hiring manager you are interviewing with.
Glassdoor 4.0