I interviewed with WTG at the end of April 2025. The first round was an initial conversation with a recruiter. The discussion was intended to assess my familiarity with the company, but I was caught off guard as I had not conducted in-depth research prior to the call. The recruiter seemed dissatisfied with my lack of detailed knowledge and suggested rescheduling the interview to give me an opportunity to come better prepared. I acknowledged that this was my oversight and took full responsibility, using it as a learning experience to ensure I would be more thorough in the future. We rescheduled for the following week, during which I invested significant time in researching the company. However, during the rescheduled call, the recruiter unexpectedly skipped all questions related to company knowledge, stating that she trusted I had done the necessary research. I was surprised, as I never had the opportunity to demonstrate what I had learned. This left me feeling that my effort had been wasted and that the process lacked consistency. The recruiter then briefed me on the next stage: a technical assessment involving three HackerRank-style coding challenges to be completed within four hours. I practiced extensively using sample questions provided by WTG, but found the actual assessment to be significantly more difficult. The questions were highly academic in nature, seemingly pulled from HackerRank’s question pool, and didn’t reflect the practical, day-to-day responsibilities of a software engineer. Despite my preparation, I did not manage to pass all the test cases. It's now been over three weeks since I submitted the assessment, and I have not received any follow-up from the recruiter—no feedback, update, or closure. Overall, I found the interview experience with WTG disappointing. The initial refusal to proceed based solely on my unfamiliarity with the company—rather than using the call as a mutual discovery opportunity—felt overly rigid. While I understand the importance of doing research, most first-round interviews I’ve experienced serve as two-way conversations, allowing both sides to learn about each other. Additionally, the technical test was unreasonably difficult and disconnected from real-world software engineering work. The expectation of 100% completion within the time limit seemed unrealistic, and the lack of manual review or feedback on partially correct solutions felt dismissive. Given my experience, I would find it difficult to recommend WTG as a positive place to interview.

Online screening, followed by multiple rounds of discussion interview with multiple other developers, where one of the rounds was discussing the answers to the online assessment. Last round was onsite meeting a VP.