J'ai postulé via un recruteur. Le processus a pris 2 semaines. J'ai passé un entretien chez Wave en janv. 2025
Entretien
I was approached by a recruiter on LinkedIn, had a screening call and was given a take home task. I completed the take home task 100% going by their rubric but got a rejection email a few days later. Waste of time.
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
Write a rate limiting micro service middleware for a rest api backend and deploy it onto GKE.
J'ai postulé en ligne. J'ai passé un entretien chez Wave (Cincinnati, OH) en oct. 2025
Entretien
I was contacted by a Wave recruiter after applying online via Wave's website.
There were multiple rounds of interviews, that took place over the course of about 9 days.
Thursday - Screener (30m)
Friday - Take-home programming assignment (~4hrs)
Tuesday - Monitoring and troubleshooting interview (2hrs)
Thursday - Critical thinking and rationale (1.5hr)
Thursday - Culture fit and values (1hr)
Friday I received an offer and accepted.
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
The take-home assignment was to implement a rate-limiter function in Python. I was provided clear directions and a repository with starter code in it.
J'ai postulé en ligne. Le processus a pris 5 semaines. J'ai passé un entretien chez Wave
Entretien
1. Call with a recruiter
The initial call with the recruiter was good. They told me they will send next steps same day or latest the day after.
Didn't hear anything for over a week. They claimed that the emails from their recruiting tool were blocked by outlook.com?
2. Take home exercise
Two weeks after initial call I finally got the take home exercise. It was very well prepared and interesting to solve. Took me 2.5hrs.
3. 2hrs technical interview
Again, I don't hear anything for over a week. They decide to move on and I schedule a 2hrs block for two interviews.
After that it's waiting time again. Only after directly sending an email to the hiring manager I get an answer that they will decide "this friday or monday". On Monday, a week after the interviews, I get a rejection.
It's a canned response with no feedback. They state if you want feedback they will provide some but I'm still waiting.
Dear Wave: Even though you have a great product you can still treat the candidates with some respect. Get back to the candidates quickly and provide feedback. You are not the only one investing a lot of time in interview processes.
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
* Deploy rate limiter to k8s, adapt Flask app to use it
* Discuss failure modes of a service
* Describe a project and your role in it
Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. We want our candidates to enjoy their interview experience (as much as you can enjoy an interview!) and feedback like yours helps us to do that better. You should have received feedback more promptly. With your consent, we are open to providing more details on your application. If you're interested, do not hesitate to contact us at recruiting@wave.com.