I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Revolut (Berlin) in Oct 2020
Interview
First 2 rounds were very good, questions made sense and interviewers were nice. Last round the interviewers seemed very uninterested and did not seen to care about the interview. I felt very disrespected. Waste of everyone's time. Questions were also very theoretical (its definitely important to know the concepts, but they were asking specific names from specific databases versions kind of questions). I wish good luck for the company because I like the product, but regarding the tech stack and how to approach the problems they did not seen to be open minded to suggestions and just wants some developer that will sit and type code as fast as possible. The interviewers were also very cold and didn't even care to try to show me that Revolut was a good company to work for, in fact they seemed very unhappy and gave me an awful impression of how it is to work at Revolut. Also one of them joined late. My conclusion is that they have nice challenges to be solved, but if they continue closed mind and the current culture, they will not go very further.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
90% of the questios were about concurrency, locks, synchronization, multi threads.
The experience was similar to what has already been described by others. I passed the first two stages but did not pass the system design interview.
My first attempt was definitely on me — I was not prepared well enough. I took the feedback seriously, prepared much better for the second attempt, and expected a more balanced evaluation. However, the second system design interview felt frustrating because the interviewer repeatedly guided the discussion toward minor or less important parts of the design, which consumed a significant amount of time and prevented me from properly covering the core architecture and trade-offs.
Overall, the process was useful, but the system design stage felt inconsistent and highly dependent on the interviewer’s style.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Live coding:
Implement a load balancer.
Implement an account ledger.
SD:
apartment booking system
card delivery system
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Revolut
Interview
The experience was disappointing and reflected a lack of professionalism.
The interaction gave the impression of a disorganised or potentially unhealthy work culture.
Answered most of the questions accurately and to the best of my ability.
The interview was initially scheduled for a short time slot. Toward the end, the interviewer asked for my availability and indicated that they would schedule a follow-up session to continue the discussion. However, no further communication or follow-up was received.
I applied online. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at Revolut in May 2026
Interview
During the initial HR screening call, the recruiter explicitly stated that Revolut was not hiring for a specific team and that team fit would be determined only after the coding and system design stages.
However, after passing the screening, I received the following rejection message: “After carefully reviewing your experience, we've decided to move forward with candidates whose profiles more closely align with the specific requirements of the role. Please note that this decision is based on current team needs.”
This creates a clear inconsistency in the communication. If team allocation and specific requirements were to be evaluated only in later technical rounds, a rejection citing “current team needs” right after screening appears contradictory. Such practices can lead to candidates investing time in the interview process based on incomplete or misleading information at the early stage.
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