I applied in-person. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Klarna (Milán) in Oct 2023
Interview
I received a message from their recruiter on LinkedIn. I had a 30-minute meeting with them, then had to solve a kind of IQ test. After passing this step, I had 3 rounds of interviews in the following order: System Design, Coding, and Behavioral Interview. Each interview lasted 1 hour and was conducted by a different interviewer from the headquarters in Sweden. The interviewers were quite good, and I asked for feedback from the second person, and I received constructive feedback from him. However, despite a good score from the technical part (based on the final feedback), I was rejected in the behavioral round due to the "feeling" of the interviewer. When I asked about the exact reason, they said it was because they felt I lacked a long-term vision. I have never understood how they reached that decision. Overall, it was a good experience.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Designing a system and try to improve it step-by-step.
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