I applied through other source. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Klarna in Feb 2016
Interview
Technical interview had no particular technical questions, we were talking about mostly about my current job/projects without getting much into the details. I was expecting some questions touching areas where Klarna needs developers to have some experience in. It looked like developers were asking the same as for some number of previous candidates without showing any particular interest in what I was describing and more than once I repeated the same details once again because they were asking about things which I have already talked about.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What project I'm currently working on and how does the development process look like, what do I want to improve in it
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
