I applied online. I interviewed at Revolut in Feb 2024
Interview
I sat my 'live coding' interview a week ago and still have not been told if I have passed or not.
My experience during the first round interview was good. I was caught a little off guard by being asked some technical questions during this round but I assume that is by design. I was then invited to book a `live coding` interview along with instructions on how best to prepare and the expected coding environment that needed to be setup and working prior to the interview starting. All very professional I was fairly impressed.
The `live coding` interview was OK. They put a large emphasis on using TDD but also completing the task to a production quality. These two concepts do work a bit against each other when you have such a small amount of time. Eg: For a production quality function I would (and did) spend a lot of time validating the input to the function. (eventually the interviewer did tell me to not worry anymore with input validation) but by then I had wasted a bunch of time. The interviewer did not provide me with any kind of requirements which again goes against the time factor by having to build my own set of requirements by asking questions or coding in the wrong direction for some time.
My real issues started after the `live coding` interview. My expectations for when I would know if I passed the interview or not were set at the end of the interview. My interviewer thanked me for attending and told me that he would let the recruiter know straight away.
The next day I sent an email to the Revolut recruiter asking about the result. I received nothing back for another 2 days. I was told the recruiter would ask about the result and get back to me as soon as possible. After another day waiting I send another email to which I still haven't received a response.
I have been polite and have asked about when I could expect to hear the result of my interview so as to correctly set my clearly non realistic expectations of the time line. I have had little to no response form Revolut and the professionalism and preparation I afforded them has not been reciprocated at all.
I can now only assume that I did not pass the interview and have simply been tossed aside. I hope I simply fell through some kind of internal process and this is not how they treat people and conduct their business.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Live coding: write a URL shortener in java using TDD.
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. I interviewed at Revolut (Dubai) in May 2026
Interview
Interview begins with recruiter calling, explaining you the process
- Coding round
- System Design
- Hiring Manager round
- Bar raiser round
Each rounds are qualifier to another round. I did the coding round and system design, and I was ruled out
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Coding round for the Matrix grid problem for 60 min coding round
First Part of the problem
- Randomly fills a matrix (a * b) with 5 'x' alphabet, reset would be 'o' alphabet
Second part of the problem (minesweeper game on Windows OS)
- Given a matrix fill with 'x', find number of minds adjacent to it
You need to solve both problems in 40 mins to qualify (First 10 mins Introduction, last 10 minutes is follow-up question)
Remember to ask follow-up questions else it mark as candidate isn't proactive in asking questions
2. System Design Round (90 mins)
They ask to design an internal developer portal that establishes a fully automated, version-control CI/CD pipeline at scale.
It basically involves designing the Internal developer, I started with requirements, non-funtional requirements, entities in system, I started with API design but they said it's okay to skip, and high level design.
I started with Component-Based Design where I drawn frontend, CLI, API Gateway, catalog services, ... and all other components of the developer portal
But they were interested in detailed CI/CD pipeline steps. This is where I screwed up; I caught the hint much later in the interview when there were 10 mins left, and I quickly drawn CI pipeline and a CD pipeline, but wasn't able to explain each step in the CD pipeline in detail.
They wanted a more comprehensive Workflow and Operational design of CI/CD pipeline instead of a component-based design of the internal developer portal.
Since I didn't complete the design, I was ruled out of the interview
