4 interviews
1. Tech screen - implementing an API
2. Code review - find bugs in a service, it leans toward a systems design approach
3. System design - checks the basics, not predefined answers
4. Team fit - a discussion with the hiring team
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Bolt in Dec 2025
Interview
Feels a bit that these interviews are conducted just for show and their own friends are anyway prefered and hired without actually going through the process at all. Must be nice way to earn bonuses.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Some hackerrank task that people who have worked in this industry already years will not have time to do.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Bolt (Tallinn) in Sept 2025
Interview
There was a screen interview for the first round where HR talks about the company, and the second technical round will be with one of their engineers, who will ask you a technical question and conduct a live coding session.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How is Horizontal scaling different from Vertical scaling?
