I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Revolut (London, England) in Oct 2024
Interview
I advise people not to waste their time. I wish I read others reviews before bothering. 5 stages of interview, initial screen with internal recruiter was fine. Coding challenge was a nice challenge. I would say I did it almost all right with TDD and explaining my thoughts and fulfilled all their requirements. Was just core java which I have 15+ years experience. I've interviewed many people and know exactly what is being looked for. The interviewer seemed unengaged for some reason. I just got an email back to say they thought about it and decided no. And said for me to learn their tech stack and come back. I was only tested on java. I also have architected and written full products including pipelines and all the cloud infrastructure as code so have plenty of experience in many tech stacks.
As for the role, they seem to just write java and are quite old school where the engineers don't touch any of the devops side. They have a very basic career path but I would like to thing that would change as they mature as a company.
The main problem with the interview though is I asked for feedback from the recruiter I dealt with and the initial recruiter that reached out to me. Both of which didn't have a level of professionalism to respond.
Maybe worth in a few years when they matured a little as a company
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Initial questions were basic like what is ACID, CQRS, equals and hashcode.
Write a loadbalancer that can only take 10 service registries and no duplicates, make sure it can handle concurrence. Then add strategies for round Robin and random when fetching. They apparently want a TDD approach so do it that way.
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.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Revolut in Apr 2026
Interview
I interviewed for a Senior Software Engineer (Java) role.
The process was structured and fairly fast-paced: recruiter/screening conversation, technical discussions (coding and system design) focused on backend engineering and distributed systems, and a final manager/team-fit stage. Communication from recruiting was clear, and timelines were shared proactively. Overall, the process felt rigorous but very professional
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