From the beginning of September to early November, I had:
- 1hr interview with a current product owner
- 1 week long take-home data analysis task
- 45min interview with head of Revolut Business
- 1hr 30 min interview with Vladimir, cofounder of the company
- 1hr interview with a member of Nik's personal team (Nik is ceo of company)
Each of these interviews happened roughly each week over the course of two months, along with many quick meetings with four different recruiters/schedulers in the company.
After my interview with Vlad, I was told my only remaining step was a cultural fit (bar raiser interview) which "should be easy" after which point I would be made an offer. Clearly something went wrong in the cultural fit interview, is my best guess.
I received a short email saying I would not receive an offer. My follow up requests for feedback were not answered.
All in all, I actually quite enjoyed the interview process, so I was disappointed in the outcome. If you are applying to this company, best of luck, but be aware they will not hesitate to waste your time. It was unfortunate to receive this result in this hiring environment, but best of luck to revolut as well.
My only real red flag would be their roadmap- I asked each person I interviewed what problems they were excited to solve, what they felt would be Revolut's differentiator over the next few years in a highly fragmented and crowded fintech space where most players now offer the same features. The responses I got rehashed existing features such as 0-exchange rate and stock trading, and a goal to become the "world's first financial super app". Nice goal I suppose but other fin apps already describe themselves the same way, such as M1 or Google Pay. Perhaps they were not at liberty to share future features, though this wasn't something anyone brought up.
Good luck to all candidates and Revolut!
