Paymentwall Legal Interview Questions
& Process

A gazillion interviews, where you have to repeat the same story, including a final interview with the CEO. 1. HR Interview 2. Peer interview 3. 1-hour assessment 4. In-person interview 5. 2nd peer interview 6. Interview with CEO. The only positive thing I could say is that the HR was polite and very efficient in the communication. Team in Sofia office also very positive and polite. Crazy rumors about the allegedly toxic CEO put me off before even getting to the final stage. Reading Glassdoors reviews about the company can be a fun evening activity to eat your popcorn with.

I applied online and they reached out after a few weeks for an initial screening call, mostly to see if I'd be a good personality fit for the company. Then, I had a second interview over Skype, though the interviewer actually missed our scheduled time and emailed about 2 hours later to reschedule for the next day. This second interview went into more detail about the job and touched on my knowledge of compliance and finance regulations, but not super deeply. A few days later, I had my final interview with the general counsel, who asked more about my experience with compliance, contracts, and finance. After that, I never heard back. The whole process wasn't too hard, just a little disorganized, but the people interviewing were easy to talk to. The job posting could have been clearer about expecting compliance knowledge, as it seemed broader initially, but they really focused on that during interviews.

PW started my interviewing process with a screening interview via Skype (3 months ago), with behavioral questions and a brief summary of my background. Shortly afterwards, there was a batch of interviews with team members, as they want a good portion of the team to interview candidates. In just one week, I spent over 4 hours discussing the Legal Intern position with their team. They were friendly but, apart from the attorney, did not seem to understand the legal field nor able to explain what the job really entails. After these first 4 Skype interviews (points for initial interviews w/ Skype!!), they simply gave no reply or feedback, which is really inconsiderate, especially since candidates spend so much time with interviews and getting to know the company. One month had passed and no response, I was still interested in the company, so I applied to the Compliance position. Following two months of sparse follow-up emails (from me), they e-mailed asking me to do a in person interview (but this time they wanted to interview me for the Compliance position - which they only mentioned really close to interview time). The in person interview took way over 3 hours, in which several employees came to chat. The interview was a mixed bag of really interesting compliance questions and a few nonsensical questions (30 minutes of questions like "what would the reflection of god would look like in the mirror"). Overall, it is a very interesting and promising company, but they need to make sure they are more attentive to following up with candidates, especially when they have such a long, "in depth" interviewing process. It took them over three months to finally tell me I wasn't being considered for the positions (after I kept in touch with them politely throughout the period). And they still haven't found one talent in the Bay Area after over three months to fill the Legal Intern position. In any case, if you are interviewing for these positions, make sure you have your research done in advance, as the interviews happen one after the other; and they can invite you in for a in person interview with a 24H notice.