Process
The tech challenge and behavior interviews were both interesting exercises, but both interviewers seemed to think they were holding up gauntlets for a prize rather than having a conversation with an equal. The behavior interview especially went 15 minutes longer than scheduled, and most of the questioning was by the interviewer, leaving hardly any time for me to answer their questions.
What really irked me, though, was the interviewer conducting the session by connecting through a TV in a meeting room while they sat at the far end. They could clearly observe me in minute detail, while it was pretty hard for me to do the same. Talk about power plays.
Questions
Standard questions about current and past job experiences
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 35 interview experiences for the Klarna Software Engineer role in Germany.
Success Rate
Klarna's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in Germany is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having mixed feelings for Klarna's Software Engineer interview process in Germany.
Klarna Work Experiences
- 4.0Fast pace and smart peopleSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeStockholm, StockholmAugust 5, 2024Pros: Fast pace and smart peopleCons: It can be stressful at times.
- 4.0Great place to grow, but sometimes disorganized/rushedSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeStockholm, StockholmOctober 16, 2024Pros: It's a great company to grow because there are always many interesting projects and opportunities to make a difference and work with state-of-the-art tools and technologies. E.g., I believe it jumped early into the AI train and it has many internal initiatives that leverage the new LLMs capacities. The colleagues I met are also amazing, a lot of highly talented people that are great to collaborate with (of course there are exceptions, but mostly in my experience it is a good environment).Cons: The company likes to move fast, and that means that sometimes it's also disorganized and it can feel rushed. For instance, a new project might mean taking talents from existing teams on a very short notice, leaving those teams with fewer resources than expected but without reducing their work load, and the newly founded team for the new project also needs to rush to meet the expectations of this new and shiny goal. I also saw many reorgs, people being transferred to other companies (not in Engineering though, I think it was mostly customer service, but still). Another thing I think is quite bad is the benefits side; the company has a program to request a monitor to use it in home office, but for months it's been out of stock. Salary increase hasn't been great either, I would say it's on the low side of the industry.
- 3.0underpaySoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeBerlinApril 12, 2025Pros: internal benefits and holidays policyCons: Offered too low a salary for the experience.
