I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Klarna
Interview
I was contacted by a recruiter of the company with a suggestion to apply for the position of Software Developer. He explained to me the process and scheduled an online coding assessment. The assessment was quite challenging overall. I was never contacted back by the recruiter after the assessment. My follow up email was never answered. Honestly, I don't think this is an acceptable way of doing business. Doesn't matter if I didn't make it through, it is the right thing to inform a person on the current status of the hiring process. So, I put a huge disrespect to Klarna on this.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
That was a 2 hours assessment with two coding tasks. The first one was quite basic, the second one was more challenging.
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
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
