Senior Software Engineer Interview Experience - Switzerland
August 8, 2020
Positive ExperienceNo Offer
Process
The interview process typically involves two stages:
- First Interview: This is with HR.
- Second Interview: This is a technical interview where a manager will ask about your background and technical questions. It concludes with a coding challenge.
A popular question you might encounter is the 'forest question'.
The Scenario: Imagine you are in the middle of a forest with a camera in hand. Your goal is to rotate the camera in such a way that you capture the maximum number of trees. The question is to find the number of degrees of rotation required to achieve this maximum capture.
Questions
Imagine you are in the middle of a forest with a camera in hand. You have to rotate the camera in such a way that you capture the maximum number of trees. Find the number of degrees of rotation that gives the maximum number of trees.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the Klarna Senior Software Engineer role in Switzerland.
Success Rate
0%
Pass Rate
Klarna's interview process for their Senior Software Engineer roles in Switzerland is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
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Candidates reported having very good feelings for Klarna's Senior Software Engineer interview process in Switzerland.
Klarna Work Experiences
1.0
People are great, but company cares only about business and profit. Bad for mental health
Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee
Stockholm, Stockholm
June 2, 2024
Pros: - Full of smart, dedicated, and hard-working people. You learn many things from each other. Great people who are young and energetic.
- Diversity & Inclusion - you'll find people from every corner of the world. It's one of the best examples of a multi-cultural company if you want to experience that, and where you're welcomed regardless of your background.
Cons: - Too much work, but can't get work done within work hours because of too much meetings and alignment needed on every level. It's an open secret here.
- Very business-oriented yet marketed highly as "customer-obsessed". Focused mostly on business impact: making money and saving money, every little work is focussed on $ and nothing else. Very less care for employee/customers regardless of how you sell it.
- The "RIGHT NOW culture" - Not very good for mental health, since stress and pressure is too high and due to almost unrealistic expectations that everyone need things "right now", and people work hard and do deliver things as best as they can. But for sure due to scale and demand, incidents happen, and we solve it. Work late nights, weekends however you can.
3.0
Interesting technical challenges overshadowed by poor culture and pressure
Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee
Warsaw, Masovia
June 30, 2026
Pros: Lots of interesting technical challenges
Cons: too much focus on AI
bad company culture – big rotation, unpleasant situations with peeps, and a lot of pressure and anxiety coming from the top
3.0
Poor management - micro managed by C Levels
Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee
Berlin
November 28, 2024
Pros: Good stack is the only benefit.
Cons: Everyone is trying to make anything with AI, even if it is useless, to make the CEO happy.
- 1.0People are great, but company cares only about business and profit. Bad for mental healthSenior Software Engineer • Current EmployeeStockholm, StockholmJune 2, 2024Pros: - Full of smart, dedicated, and hard-working people. You learn many things from each other. Great people who are young and energetic. - Diversity & Inclusion - you'll find people from every corner of the world. It's one of the best examples of a multi-cultural company if you want to experience that, and where you're welcomed regardless of your background.Cons: - Too much work, but can't get work done within work hours because of too much meetings and alignment needed on every level. It's an open secret here. - Very business-oriented yet marketed highly as "customer-obsessed". Focused mostly on business impact: making money and saving money, every little work is focussed on $ and nothing else. Very less care for employee/customers regardless of how you sell it. - The "RIGHT NOW culture" - Not very good for mental health, since stress and pressure is too high and due to almost unrealistic expectations that everyone need things "right now", and people work hard and do deliver things as best as they can. But for sure due to scale and demand, incidents happen, and we solve it. Work late nights, weekends however you can.
- 3.0Interesting technical challenges overshadowed by poor culture and pressureSenior Software Engineer • Current EmployeeWarsaw, MasoviaJune 30, 2026Pros: Lots of interesting technical challengesCons: too much focus on AI bad company culture – big rotation, unpleasant situations with peeps, and a lot of pressure and anxiety coming from the top
- 3.0Poor management - micro managed by C LevelsSenior Software Engineer • Current EmployeeBerlinNovember 28, 2024Pros: Good stack is the only benefit.Cons: Everyone is trying to make anything with AI, even if it is useless, to make the CEO happy.
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