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I applied online and my CV was selected. The interview process consist of five rounds : 1. Technical Recruiter’s Interview The recruiter mainly discussed my experience and motivation. Then he also explained how this interview process will proceed. This round was conducted via Hangout. 2. HackerRank code test 3. Technical Interview via Hangout. Interviewer asked me my experience. I was asked to share some of my previous challenging project and how I solved it. It also have coding chalanges that I had to solve in a normal code share platform without auto completion. 4. Product Interview. This is really a unique experience. The purpose of this round is to evaluate whether I’m capable of designing any product. How I relate big picture into my day to day role and tasks. One need to be a product thinker to clear this round. 5. Interview with VP of Engineering and Senior Product Manager. It was really a great experience to talk to their VP of Engineering. He mainly discussed my motivation, like why I want to join TransferWise. We also discussed few basic technical fundamental topics. I did really bad in some of the questions. During this entire time their Recuiter from Tallinn and their Global Receuitment Lead was coordinating with me. They were really helpful. And finally when I finally got the offer, I didn’t hesitate to accept.

The whole interview process took about 3 weeks. The person assisting the hiring process was reliable and available, describing every step very clearly. After sending my CV and a cover letter and having them reviewed, I received a two-fold assessment by email which I had to complete within 5 business days. After reviewing the assessment, I was invited to an interview with an EED team lead and a co-worker. The interview took an hour and was somewhat formal for a start-up environment. It was nonetheless fun and very informative. The second interview was potentially the best interview in the history of interviews. The person who interviewed me was a different team leader and she showed she did her 'homework' of reading thoroughly both my CV and my cover letters beforehand, asking curious questions about both without taking a look at neither as a reference and showing genuine interest in getting to know me. At the end of the one-hour interview we had bonded so much we were exchanging links to tools related to the job in question and a hobby/interest we shared.