Applied through LinkedIn and the recruiter got back to me after 2-3 days to arrange HR phone screening.
Pretty straightforward talking asking about my experience and answering my questions and then explained the hiring process.
It followed by a take home test. Pretty practical test I’d say but not easy. Took me good amount of time and I was happy doing it. The test sets clear expectations what they want to see.
Submitted the test and wow, two days later heard back from the recruiter. They have provided me a good in-depth review on good and bad. But they liked my approach at the end.
Then next was the technical interview with two of their seniors. They gave me two snippets and asked to implement a task. Again pretty practical! Something I’d do on a daily basis.
A day later, heard from the recruiter again that I performed very well and they want to arrange a final interview with the lead.
The interception with the lead was really interesting, not much technical programming related, but more like approaches, patterns and team work.
The next day, received and email saying all good and they want to extend me an offer. Jumped on the call and the recruiter explained the offer, benefits and etc.
To be honest, it was the fasted ever hiring process I have every experienced.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
HR: overall experience and expectations
Test: develop a real time currency ticker
Live coding: memory management, concurrency, design patterns and etc
Lead: More about behavior and approaches.
1-HR - Tell me about yourself
2-Hackerrank - 3 question 2 easy 1 medium
3-Live coding - ios development concurency etc
4- Culturel interview What is your motivation
Generally it was good.All people so friendly and they answer all my question.They response quickly.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Revolut in Sept 2024
Interview
Dear talents, PLEASE don't waste your time on this company.
Step 1: Call with HR
Step 2: Hackerrank tasks
Step 3: Online coding of a cache system
Step 4: System design
I've solved 3/3 tasks on hackerrank, then I successfully developed a cache system and I've answered ALL questions and covered ALL topics that were asked, and finally system design step.
As a mobile developer applying for a mobile developer role, I was quite surprised that the discussion focused almost entirely on the server-side. Having experience conducting interviews myself, I understand that perspectives on system design may vary, and I recognize that the interview is designed to showcase the candidate's experience. While I welcome a challenge and fully support assessing knowledge across different domains, this particular approach will not effectively demonstrate the true skills of a mobile developer.
Despite my best efforts to steer the conversation towards mobile-specific aspects and design considerations, the interviewer was primarily interested only in server-side implementation. Even when I emphasized my expertise in mobile development and suggested discussing the app's architecture or user experience, the conversation kept returning to server-side topics.
I got rejected without feedback despite I've successfully passed all previous stages. The feedback I received only when I asked it myself and the feedback was "Don't afraid to go out of your zone comfort". The rest of the feedback is nonsense and not true.
I shared this issue with HR and she answered that she is sorry that I had a bad experience. She had zero wish to understand the real problem.
If you are reading this text I am sure that you are a great mobile developer, so please value your time and skills, Revolut will not do it. Also, you could read the latest articles where CEO specifies his new approach "Underperformers 'get six weeks to improve or must go'"
P.S. Mobile development is not my zone of comfort, it is my specialization and the position's title ;)
I applied online. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at Revolut (Madrid) in Sept 2024
Interview
La experiencia mala. Entiendo que depende de quién te toque. El tipo no tenía muchas ganas, por lo que entiendo que todo eran problemas. Intentaré en otra ocasión, pero esta vez ha sido un fiasco.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Preguntas básicas de memoria y métodos asíncronos.
