Process
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks.
Avoid. The recruiter maintained good communication throughout the process, but the actual interviewer left me with some doubts. During the interview, the engineer asked me detailed questions about the architecture of the app I currently work on at my company. Surprisingly, they commented that my company's app seemed over-engineered. I found this surprising because I don't believe it relates to my potential role at Monzo. The architectural design of my company's app is primarily the responsibility of our principal and lead architect. I felt like I was being evaluated for the design choices of an app that predates my current role at the company.
Additionally, the interviewer mentioned that the example I provided was not challenging enough. In that example, I discussed taking ownership of a significant task that involved creating a component that had to work on two separate apps that support multiple international languages, each of which serve millions of users, with working on the backend development in TypeScript and front-end work in Kotlin. This included collaborating with multiple teams within a tight deadline, among other responsibilities.
Questions
Discuss a technical challenge you've faced.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 4 interview experiences for the Monzo Android Engineer role.
Success Rate
Monzo's interview process for their Android Engineer roles is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having mixed feelings for Monzo's Android Engineer interview process.
Monzo Work Experiences
- 5.0Interesting work which has a real impact on Monzo and our customersMachine Learning Engineer • Current EmployeeLondon, EnglandNovember 6, 2023Pros: - Solving big problems that have a huge impact on our customers and the company's growth. - Real autonomy to set the direction of your own work. - Senior leadership provides strong support for incorporating Machine Learning solutions into systems where other organisations might shy away from the challenge. - Engineering tooling is fantastic! We are empowered to deploy our own changes into production environment which allows us to ship our own models into production which is very satisfying. - Get to work with and learn from really smart people in cross discipline squads which include Data/ML Scientists, Software Engineers, Product Managers and Business domain specialists. - One of Monzo's values that comes through the strongest is "be hard on problems, not people". Individuals never get singled out or blamed when something goes wrong - instead teams work collaboratively to understand the issue and how our systems / processes can be improved to prevent it from happening again.Cons: - Monzo is a regulated bank, so sometimes you need to slow down to consider and mitigate the risk of your changes with more rigorous testing. - There hasn't been as much investment in Machine Learning tooling over the past ~2 years, but a team was recently spun up to start working on this. - It can sometimes be intense when working on high priority projects which have deadlines, but I never felt pressure to work overtime or work late hours / weekends.
- 5.0Nice place to workSoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeLondon, EnglandMay 18, 2023Pros: Flexible working hours and friendly environmentCons: The job has a small salary and a huge workload.
- 4.0Engaging work, smart management, high growthSenior Backend Engineer • Current EmployeeLondon, EnglandAugust 6, 2023Pros: - Processes and tooling emphasise empowering and trusting people. - Teams are given a good amount of autonomy. - There is a thoughtful culture. - The company has smart senior management. - You can definitely keep to 40h/week here if you're disciplined about your boundaries, with no crunch time pressure.Cons: - Can be exhausting - More and more siloes are developing as the company grows - It's pretty depressing to see working conditions in customer support. The pressures are going up and up, you can see tensions rising (most visibly with people unionising, but also with long ranting posts in our #leavers Slack channel). Monzo is great so long as you're not in customer support.
