I applied through an employee referral. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Klarna (Berlin) in Jun 2021
Interview
Coding Challenge Interview, System Design Interview and Cultural Fit Interview. IQ Test unsupervised and again supervised, focuses on pattern recognition. Expansive and helpful feedback after each step. Lengthy process that took 6 weeks to complete in total, but high quality and completely digital, including signing of the documents. Best HR support of all companies I interviewed for.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
System Design: Talk me through the MVP of this app.
Coding Challenge: Here are two problems, please solve them via pair programming on a shared IDE.
Cultural Fit: Tell me how you solved a difficult work situation in the past.
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
