Process
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks.
The recruiter was always very helpful and ready to answer any questions I had. Unfortunately, everything that was evaluated in the technical interview was not what I received in the preparation material. I did one screening interview and one technical code interview.
The technical interviewer kept interrupting me, and some typos that I made because I was nervous (and corrected very quickly) were pointed out as negatives in my feedback, even though I had explained that I knew that was wrong and corrected it. I did the whole code in 30 min with TDD, and then the interviewer kept asking me things like how does an index work step by step under the hood for PostgreSQL, Java type implementations to the bit level, and other things that are so low level that no engineer ever has to know.
I also felt very disrespected a lot of times, being interrupted and the interviewer being condescending. I was excited about the opportunity, but now I never want to do anything related to this company ever again. Very disappointing.
Questions
How do database indexes work under the hood step by step?
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Revolut's interview process for their Mid-level Software Engineer roles is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
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