I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Revolut (London, England) in Jan 2020
Interview
A lot of steps involved in interviews. The company is getting bigger so it makes sense but they ask for a lot of take home work. This is somewhat typical for larger companies but less common for startups. Coronavirus definitely seemed to play a role in delaying interview steps so hard to say if that issue was on Revolut's side.
Overall was a pretty typical interview. You can tell through the interviews what the work culture is like. They are very transparent.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What's an example of when you displayed the idea of "Never settle"?
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.
