I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Wise in Dec 2021
Interview
Insincere interview with Wise
Wise sent me a home task right after my application. It was about preparing a suspicious activity report for 20 money transfers. I needed to mention the red flags by explaining the rationale behind that, and it should not be longer than a half-page.
I passed the home task, and they arranged an interview with one of the AML Team Leads. It took one hour, and Team Lead asked about my background and previous experience, and I explained my common responsibilities, which match the applied job position. TL also asked me some definitions which are used in the AML. You can find them in the interview questions part.
I only don't know one of the definitions, and finally, TL told me, ok, you have a great experience, and you are a very organized person and added that 'wish my team members should be like you' etc.. To sum up, I believe I had had a positive interview the day after I got my rejection. The only explanation is 'we have found candidates we feel are a better fit for the AML Reporting Specialist role right now.'
I request additional feedback from HR and the Team Lead that I interviewed with, but there is no response.
This is a bit insincere for me because if you think this candidate is not suitable for the role due to various reasons, you need to reflect on this.
When the Team Lead says
you have a very good experience
you are familiar with definitions in this field
you are a very organized person etc..
you frankly think that you are suitable for the position.
I want to say that please don't act fake in interviews!
Btw, this is not my first time in Wise that I had such an experience. Now I start to think that this is like a company policy and maybe HR or Management advise them to conduct interviews in this way.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is money laundering?
What is layering in AML?
Why do we have an AML department in this company?
How are you organizing your tasks?
The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Wise (Budapest)
Interview
I applied online on their website, was invited to do a take home test, and then i was invited to do an interview with the manager. the whole process took around 2 weeks.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
they asked me the purpose of financial crime prevention, and to show an example of suspicious activity
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Wise in Jun 2025
Interview
Overall interview started with Job Application>Take Home Test>Zoom Interview. It was a 1:1 interview with the team lead based in Budapest at evening (local time). Interview was very brief, done in less than 30 minutes. A neutral experience, not a 2 way conversations as interviewer seems to be wanting to get it done quick. I was told that was the final stage and result will be emailed in the next following week. The disappointing part is that they never email the result even after I sent a follow up email to the hiring team. It'd have been better to let us know even if we dont make it instead of ghosting the candidates.
The interview was not very difficult. Just prepared it beforehand. You are good to go. There were a lot behavioral questions rather than AML related ones. Such as how do you handle work related stress and describe a time when you could not meet the deadline.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
how do you handle work related stress and describe a time when you could not meet the deadline.