Ho presentato la mia candidatura tramite un selezionatore. La procedura ha richiesto 2 settimane. Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Revolut (Londra, Inghilterra) nel mese di mar 2020
Colloquio
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.
Ho presentato la mia candidatura tramite un selezionatore. Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Revolut
Colloquio
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.
Ho presentato la mia candidatura online. La procedura ha richiesto 5 giorni. Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Revolut nel mese di mag 2026
Colloquio
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.
Ho presentato la mia candidatura tramite un selezionatore. Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Revolut (Dubai) nel mese di mag 2026
Colloquio
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
Domande di colloquio [2]
Domanda 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