I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Revolut (Barcelona) in Aug 2022
Interview
45 minutes code interview with a live coding challenge using TDD, SOLID principles and new feature requests.
First request was to create a service to retrieve a short url given a keyword, then to make a feature to randomly create a short url with 4 alphanumeric characters
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.
