I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Klarna in Apr 2020
Interview
A recruiter found me in one of my social media and invited me for a first interview about values with him. The next step was a talk with a senior engineering manager. The last step I went through was an interview and pair programming with a senior software engineer. I did not match the requirements, I presume. OK, that's fine. But I presume that was the outcome because they never returned any feedbacks for months, even they saying they were going to return no matter the result. Candidates prepare for the interview, many of them pause their current tasks to allocate time and are simply ignored if rejected. A place that puts itself as feedback-driven, says at the beginning it will return feedbacks no matter the outcome and at the end does not return any feedbacks to rejected candidates probably is not a good place to work.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
General questions based on STAR methodology about past experiences, conflicts solves and so on. Tech questions involved architecture and software skills. Pair programming involved a partially done code which needed to be improved as the interviewer presented new challenges.
Colloquio conoscitivo, Colloquio di problema solving Colloquio tecnico Ogni colloquio è stato accompagnato da un colloquio di feedback con il recruiter per capire se ero anche da parte mia c'era ancora interesse a proseguire
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
disegna un architettura a microservizi per una specifica richiesta funzionale
it consisted of 3 parts, HR, technical, behavioural. The technical part was a leetcode hard problem but they did not expect a hard solution. The behavioural was related to leadership principles similar to most companies.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Klarna (Parijs) in Oct 2025
Interview
I had a second experience with Klarna. After the ghosting of last year, Klarna reach out again for a SWE position. The same happened. After the first discussion, I have been told again to book a slot for the second round. And then... no news from anyone.
Second ghosting. Klarna has a terrible HR process and policy.
I feel like I dodge a bullet here. The work environment might be pretty toxic if it is aligned with the HR practices.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
questions about your past experience, and what are your expectations