Engineering Manager Interview Experience - Milan, Italy
Process
Here's the interview process:
- First call: Introduction with HR
- Three-problem programming challenge to be done offline
- Logical thinking test (guess next picture) online with HR
- Programming skills interview online with an engineer
- Behavioral skills interview online with a business analyst
- Architectural skills interview online with an architect
- Behavioral skills interview online with VP of engineering
- Team match online interview with members of a possible target team
- Debrief call with HR
After this long and time-consuming process, I received an offer for a role below the one I applied for, so I just rejected it.
Questions
Resolve the "camera in the forest" problem.
How would you project a system to check if a customer has credit to buy online?
What's your favourite Klarna value? Tell a situation in your career where you applied it.
Tell a project in your career that failed and what you learned from that.
Tell a project in your career where you have been in a short schedule and how you faced it.
What are the advantages in using a microservice architecture?
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the Klarna Engineering Manager role in Milan, Italy.
Success Rate
Klarna's interview process for their Engineering Manager roles in Milan, Italy is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very negative feelings for Klarna's Engineering Manager interview process in Milan, Italy.
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