I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Revolut in Oct 2024
Interview
Very negative experience.
The problem was quite easy to solve (building the Load Balancer and ServiceInstance). I've managed to do that quite easily and in very less time and had a test coverage of 92% on the LoadBalancer, yet still I was rejected cause they where looking for something "more specific".
I asked for some feedback but got ghosted by the recruiter.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The classical Interview question to build a LoadBalancer and return a random ServiceInstance
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
Interview questions [1]
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.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Design Revolut Stays. Hotel info comes from an external partner. Bookings must be done through the external partner as well.