I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Revolut in May 2024
Interview
Unfortunately, it was the worst interview of my life. It is not about the question itself but an unprofessional approach to feedback + evaluation. First of all, in every stage of communication, it was clearly mentioned that I would get feedback in 48 hours either way. But it was not the truth. It took 5 days to get the response and only after I dropped an email about asking the status. And the feedback itself was totally baseless. The task was to create a "urlShortener". My solution was fully capable and working in O(1) time complexity. I even did the TDD approach and my tests are also there and running.
I was rejected due to using "non-thread-safe data types, mutable statements and objects" - There was no requirement for multithreading in task definition, and in the interview preparing document it was mentioned to avoid unnecessary overhead such as multi-threading and interfaces. Another feedback was due to some tests being ambiguous - which again I strongly disagree. The task was simple, so the tests were simple and clear.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Write a simple urlShortener that gets the original URL and returns a shortened URL and vice versa.
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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