I applied online. I interviewed at Airwallex (Singapore) in Jun 2025
Interview
HR Screening Call > Engineering Screening > Coding Interview > System Design Interview > Bar Raiser Interview with cross team Head
Initially, I applied for a Senior role position in Singapore. However, the recruiter found that my skills were a better fit for another team, so my profile was handed over to a different recruiter.
The recruiter was very helpful and clearly explained the company culture and core values. During the Engineering Screening, the conversation went smoothly and focused mainly on my past experience and the most impactful projects I had contributed to at my current or previous company. The Engineering Director is very open for question, so please prepare your questions to him/her. Getting to know your future team is good.
In the Coding Interview, the interviewer was also friendly and asking my past experience in 10-15mins in the beginning of session. Previously, the recruiter told me that the programming problem would be medium-hard level. But, the problem itself was not that hard. However, something felt off during the session in terms of alignment or expectations, and I’m still unsure what went wrong. I was able to solve the programming challenge, delivered the solution within the time limit, and the approach was quite efficient. Still, I wasn't selected to proceed to the next interview stage. I do not know exactly what kind of candidate they are looking for. Maybe, It was about the communication skills or the other things. Do not have the idea about the result. My interview stopped in this step.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
- What is your the most impactful project?
- What are you doing in your team?
- Programming problem is around easy-medium level. No fancy algorithm needed.
First Interviewer cancelled on me twice. Third time was the charm.
Interviewed me for 20 minutes despite it being a senior role. Did not ask me a thing about my experience at all. Just gave a leetcode-style simulation question which was quite easy. Did not ask follow-ups even though we had time left and I deliberately took pains to keep my code flexible and extendable. Asked me to email him my (correct) answer and hung up within 25 minutes tops. Received rejection on the grounds that "other candidates were better".
Got shunted into a different role by the recruiter. Interviewer again cancelled twice - once on the morning of, and once AFTER I was already in the Zoom and waiting.
Voluntarily dropped out at that point
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Airwallex (Singapore) in Dec 2025
Interview
Overall it was a smooth interview process, The HR response time is fairly quick when providing interview results and scheduling the subsequent ones. Interviewers I have met are friendly and competent, although seems to be team dependent.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Number of connected components in an undirected graph
1. HR call describing my experiences
2. Live coding for algorithm and a bit of system design discussion for the problem at hand
3. System Design
4. Behavioural
5. Bar raiser
6. Offer