I applied online. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Klarna (Estocolmo, ) in Aug 2017
Interview
Online IQ test, then on site interview where they gave me the same IQ test again. The interview was with the analytics team manager, he was a good interviewer.
Got a small coding assignment before the next interview which was technical, with two developers. During the interview they asked me to describe an application I had worked with. Then they asked about the assignment, how i would change the code to make it work for more types of data.
The day after i got an email that they would not proceed with me since i lacked some skills.
My only guess is that they wanted someone with more micro service architecture experience, although I might be completely off. On the technical interview they mentioned micro services about 20 times so it seemed really important for them.
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 (París) 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
1. HR and logic test
2. Tech - take home projects, a generic web project, and discuss
3. Design round
4. Manager round - discuss position and what to do
