I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Revolut
Interview
I didn't apply, a recruiter reached out to me through LinkedIn. First interview was with HR asking about my experience etc. Second interview was to implement a thread safe shortener url following SOLID and everything has to be tested. Even though I implemented it in a thread-safe way, following SOLID principles, the feedback I got was that I had difficulties understanding the tasks and only detailing the negative points of the interview, which seems a harsh for how the interview went. I should have expected this from the other reviews i have seen here. Also, the technical interviewer had a strong russian accent that was not easy to understand.
HR -> Live coding -> Tech -> System design
Overall the before starting the recruitment process it's worth mastering concurrency, DB(especially PostgresSQL), and transaction management. Company seems to be working mostly with Java, Kotlin and a little with Scala
I got contacted by a recruiter. As a first step, I had a call with another recruiter. He was also asking technical questions, but it felt strange. (A bit like talking to a wall.)
I was rejected with a generic message stating that I was not "aligned with the position". This is weird as it was inbound and based on my profile. No feedback, of course.
Waste of time.
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.