I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Revolut (London, England) in Aug 2017
Interview
The interview process consists of three steps: 1) coding test 2) phone interview 3) on site. The whole process is very domain specific (related to the role you apply for) with no algorithmic questions.
The overall process was quite good however I must rate it as negative because of the following: although I discussed salary requirements with HR before starting the process in the end they made me an offer which was significantly lower than what I currently earn.
HR -> Live coding -> Tech -> System design
Overall the before starting the recruitment process it's worth mastering concurrency, DB(especially PostgresSQL), and transaction management. Company seems to be working mostly with Java, Kotlin and a little with Scala
I got contacted by a recruiter. As a first step, I had a call with another recruiter. He was also asking technical questions, but it felt strange. (A bit like talking to a wall.)
I was rejected with a generic message stating that I was not "aligned with the position". This is weird as it was inbound and based on my profile. No feedback, of course.
Waste of time.
Very kind. The questions weren’t easy, but with knowledge of database configurations, concurrency, locks, and some practical experience, you are able to answer them clearly, confidently, and effectively overall. It was good time.