I applied online. I interviewed at Bolt in July 2026
Interview
Three-stage process. First round was a relaxed screening call with a recruiter covering my background and motivation for the role. Second round was with the sales team lead, focused on my experience in my current role, how I handle different client scenarios, and concrete examples of things I've delivered. Third round was a technical interview with a lead engineer and was by far the hardest stage. It went deep into APIs, authentication protocols (OAuth 2.0, SAML, SCIM), webhooks including when to use them and their pros and cons, plus a code review exercise.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Explain the difference between OAuth 2.0 and SAML, and when you'd use each?
What is provisioning and deprovisioning?
You're rolling out changes to an existing API. How do you release them without breaking current consumers?
What is a retry mechanism, when should you use one, and what do you need to look out for?
How do you prevent duplicate payments from being processed?
Walk through this code and identify issues