The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Klarna (Berlin)
Interview
It was the worst Interview experience I had ever in my life. At first my process till the rejection was 2 Month long.
First Round was a short interview with the Recruiting Manager.
Second Round was a leetcode style coding assignment, for that you had a few days at home to solve 2 assignments.
Third round was the longest. They scheduled for me 4 hours with 3 different interviews (Coding, System Design and Behaviour) so I had to take a half day of, because it was scheduled in the mid of the day. Then I had my first interview at that day and nobody showed up. It was the most disrespectful thing I ever experienced in a interview. The best was, the other interview got also cancelled, because the interviewer was not available on that day. So a half a day of vacation for nothing. Thanks Klarna! Seems like my time is no lt really valuable to you.
Had then 2 Interviews rescheduled and got rejected in the coding interview. Normally you should get the Project 24h before the interview. My email with the project link arrived a few hours before the interview.
And the best, I asked for feedback and got no response why I failed the interview.
The people in the company seems nice and friendly but please change your recruiting system. No respect for you and your time.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Small react project, need to change live a few things
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 (Paris) 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