Revolut·Backend Engineer

Revolut Backend Engineer interview experience

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MadridPosted Nov 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My interview journey felt like a clear escalation, especially because it was built for a middle/senior level bar.

I started with a screening discussion that had light technical questions, then I immediately moved into a coding challenge focused on a URL shortening service. The emphasis there was on writing clean, production-like work with test-driven development and object-oriented design, and I also got a few concurrency questions layered on top.

After that, I went into a Java backend-focused round where the conversation turned into a broader survey of topics: Java itself, concurrency, SQL databases, microservice patterns, and even deployment strategy questions. That round was the moment where it

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