The interview process started off with a video call with a product owner. I felt incredibly positive after the chat, not only about the role but also about the company culture as she mentioned how great the company was, relaxed the environment was and the great company benefits. 'Has a great work / life balance'. After the call I was assigned a task that I had a week to prepare for. After the completed task I had another video call with another member of the team, who had not seen the task that I had prepared - instead asked me similar questions to that of the first call. Once completed, I was invited in for a face to face interview with Nikolay (the CEO of Revolut) which was quite intense. Instead of asking me questions about my background and my experience he asked about my work ethic (do you work weekends, long hours currently) and also about my degree education and whether I was in the top 5% of my class - which were totally irrelevant to what I could bring as a product owner based on my work experience. (I haven't been in education for over 10 years and have over 7 years experience in product). We did briefly go through my presentation (for the task that i'd been given) but he had not seen it beforehand and mainly pointed and asked why i didn't use Sketch (i chose to use Balsamiq as a tool). I left feeling deflated and confused as the atmosphere in the new Canary Wharf office felt cold / uninviting. I had my interview from 6pm-7.15pm and there were still quite a few people in the office ordering take away during my interview. During this time, i was reading up about the work / life balance at Revolut and about the many heads of departments that had left. There's been a lot of negative press around Revolut and their ways of working and I was incredibly concerned after my interview with Nikolay. I assumed that was the final stage but was then asked to come in for a fourth stage interview (face to face) with the product team. Which i couldn't understand why this couldn't have happened during the third stage. I politely declined after reading about the terrible work / life balance(the tyranny from the CEO and general quick firing of people) as well as the questions I was personally asked by Nikolay. It's worth noting that for some reason Glassdoor mis-represents the overall consensus about working at Glassdoor so please do your research into the CEO before accepting a job here!

The process was structured across 4 stages over roughly one month: HR Screening, Problem Solving, Product Sense, and Bar Raiser. HR Screening (20-30 min) was a standard call covering background, motivation, and relocation logistics. Problem Solving (35-40 min) was the most rigorous stage — split into Root Cause Analysis and Solutioning. You're expected to clarify the problem, structure MECE, ask for data with clear hypotheses, and only move to solutions once the root cause is confirmed. Solutions need business impact sizing, UX and technical trade-offs, and a prioritised roadmap (short/mid/long-term). Cases were fintech-specific — P&L diagnostics, conversion funnels, growth levers. Candidate-led throughout; the interviewer won't guide you. Product Sense (45-60 min) combined a case-based scenario (similar structure to Problem Solving but focused on product/UX rather than pure financials) with a wireframe critique — you're shown a screen and asked to give structured feedback as if speaking to a junior designer (Issue → Impact → Fix → Timeline). Bar Raiser (45-60 min) covered my full career history role by role, using the STAR method. Expect direct questions like "how would your manager rate you 1-10," "tell me about a time you failed," and "how did you go above and beyond." A brain teaser also came up. Everyone goes through the same Bar Raiser regardless of seniority — heavy emphasis on values (Never Settle, Get It Done, Think Deeper, Dream Team, Deliver Wow) and quantifiable impact in every story. Overall: well-structured, fast feedback turnaround, candidate-led format throughout. The bar is genuinely high — preparation with real data and concrete numbers makes a significant difference.