I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Revolut (London, England) in Mar 2020
Interview
Had a take-home technical assessment to do, I have been told that I succeed in the technical assessment with no further details. Moving to the second stage, I had an online interview and I knew that I failed. I asked Revolut recruiter to give me feedback on that last interview so I can improve myself. The answer was "Yeah I'm working on it". And since then NO feedback whatsoever. This is unacceptable and disrespectful for someone who works full-time and managed to spend a lot of time in preparing the technical assessment. You pass the first stage with the technical assessment but then the second stage goes completely blank. I contacted at multiple times Revolut recruiter and he kept ignoring me, so at the end, I just gave up. This is a waste of time where you spend some effort during the interview process but then nothing is giving back to you.
The second interview full of gruelling questions and exotic technical conditions which will actually never happen in real-life needs to be sorted out as well. The interviewer from Poland kept asking question full of traps and sometimes non-sense just to put you in a very uncomfortable position.
I advise you to put the remote interview before asking people to spend their time in the technical assessment.
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.
