I applied online. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Revolut (Madrid) in Nov 2024
Interview
- first round was with a recruiter manager (20mins max)
- second round was with a senior level engineer with a live coding session, through Google Meet. No AI too allowed to use, other than that IntelliJ could be used with all its feature set. 1hour max
- there wasn't a thir roun
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I had to implement a simple load balancer in Java, 1hr in total, no interim explanation needed just coding.
Very kind. The questions weren’t easy, but with knowledge of database configurations, concurrency, locks, and some practical experience, you are able to answer them clearly, confidently, and effectively overall. It was good time.
Recruiter round, they’re basically looking for buzz words. They asked for my experiences in handling different scenarios, then other db and concurrent related questions . Overall it was straightforward, just go through other’s experiences here and you should be covered
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Question 1
Concurrency
Optimistic vs pessimistic locking
Db isolation levels
HR interview, coding interview, then system design interview. No specific feedback from them. I really thought I went well and answered everything at least reasonably, but didn't get an offer.
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Question 1
Design Revolut Stays. Hotel info comes from an external partner. Bookings must be done through the external partner as well.