Process
I applied online, and the process took one week.
I got a call from a recruiter who gave me some homework involving WordPress in HA mode, multiple regions, and autoscaling. She scheduled two rounds at once. I attended the first round on Zoom with two interviewers. I did excellently, and they were happy as well, but they didn't know about the second round. The second round was scheduled with "XYZ". I checked all social media, and there is no "XYZ" working at the company. I ran 3 km to reach home to attend the interview on my birthday. Just two minutes before the interview, I got an email saying the interviewer could not attend. I received another email after a day stating that the role had been closed.
Questions
WordPress in HA mode, multiple region, autoscaling.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 4 interview experiences for the Kraken DevOps Engineer role.
Success Rate
25%
Pass Rate
Kraken's interview process for their DevOps Engineer roles is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.
Experience Rating
Positive50%
Neutral0%
Negative50%
Candidates reported having mixed feelings for Kraken's DevOps Engineer interview process.
Kraken Work Experiences
5.0
Great Company and competent team
Software Engineer • Current Employee
November 16, 2024
Pros: The teams are extremely talented and competent.
Cons: Volatile industry results in relatively frequent reorganization of teams and initiatives.
1.0
Terrible Leadership. Abismal Security Practices
Software Engineer • Current Employee
January 22, 2023
Pros: - Remote work.
- Salary is high, but at a high cost for the work-life balance.
Cons: - Terrible leadership. - Abysmal security practices. I am surprised that anyone would keep their money with this company. - Toxic culture. High pressure to work long hours. - Impossible to progress in the company. Leadership continues to be as incompetent as before, while the best employees leave one after the other because they are not given the chance to go up the hierarchy. - Lack of vision for the future.
5.0
Fantastic place to work if you are smart and firmly committed to the crypto ethos
Senior Data Engineer • Current Employee
Scarsdale, NY
January 8, 2025
Pros: 1. You'll work with the most intelligent, curious, compassionate people. We are truly passionate about Bitcoin, crypto, fintech. For example, you'll find plenty of people who run their own full nodes on Raspberry PIs, or people do their own mining, etc.
2. Kraken is one of the OG crypto companies. People who had critical roles in the crypto history books have worked at Kraken. There are very smart people whom you can ask to get any crypto question answered.
3. Management, especially upper management, is really straight-to-the-point.
Cons: 1. Because the jobs are fully remote, this may not be for everyone. Communication, especially proactive communication, is extremely important, much more so than at a job on-premises/hybrid. Asynchronous communications sometimes make things difficult to make progress until you get the information you need, as it is not as easy as simply walking up to someone.
- 5.0Great Company and competent teamSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeNovember 16, 2024Pros: The teams are extremely talented and competent.Cons: Volatile industry results in relatively frequent reorganization of teams and initiatives.
- 1.0Terrible Leadership. Abismal Security PracticesSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeJanuary 22, 2023Pros: - Remote work. - Salary is high, but at a high cost for the work-life balance.Cons: - Terrible leadership. - Abysmal security practices. I am surprised that anyone would keep their money with this company. - Toxic culture. High pressure to work long hours. - Impossible to progress in the company. Leadership continues to be as incompetent as before, while the best employees leave one after the other because they are not given the chance to go up the hierarchy. - Lack of vision for the future.
- 5.0Fantastic place to work if you are smart and firmly committed to the crypto ethosSenior Data Engineer • Current EmployeeScarsdale, NYJanuary 8, 2025Pros: 1. You'll work with the most intelligent, curious, compassionate people. We are truly passionate about Bitcoin, crypto, fintech. For example, you'll find plenty of people who run their own full nodes on Raspberry PIs, or people do their own mining, etc. 2. Kraken is one of the OG crypto companies. People who had critical roles in the crypto history books have worked at Kraken. There are very smart people whom you can ask to get any crypto question answered. 3. Management, especially upper management, is really straight-to-the-point.Cons: 1. Because the jobs are fully remote, this may not be for everyone. Communication, especially proactive communication, is extremely important, much more so than at a job on-premises/hybrid. Asynchronous communications sometimes make things difficult to make progress until you get the information you need, as it is not as easy as simply walking up to someone.
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