Monzo Bank Software Engineer, Backend interview questions
based on 7 ratings - Updated 23 Sept 2025
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83%
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Software Engineer, Backend applicants have rated the interview process at Monzo Bank with 3.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 45.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer, Backend roles take an average of 30 days to get hired, when considering 4 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Monzo Bank overall takes an average of 27 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Monzo Bank as a Software Engineer, Backend according to 4 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 50%
Group panel interview: 25%
Presentation: 25%
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Monzo lay out their hiring process clearly in their comms with applicants and back it up with some great blog posts that genuinely do set you up to succeed. The process is friendly, flexible and grounded in real-world challenges, so there was no need to cram binary-tree backflips just to pass interviews for a role that didn't need them.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Monzo Bank (London, England) in Feb 2024
Interview
I wasn't given a chance to showcase my skills at all, we just had a 10min intro call with the recruiter who basically asked about my latest role and then asked about some logistical questions. 2days later I got a rejection email.
recruiter contacted me via linkedin. recruiter did a phone interview with me and handed my cv to monzo. monzo arranged a phone interview with engineer. engineer asked about my previous experience especially with designing distributed systems.
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Question 1
he asked about my experience with system design and we talked about coding languages.