Kraken

Sr Site Reliability Engineer Interview Experience

June 4, 2021

Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I applied online.

There was a standard introduction meeting, followed up with a take-home test. The test had various questions regarding the position, and each question had a point value. The maximum score you can get is 100, and passing is 35. I went ahead and spent my weekend on the exam and verified my answers. I'm pretty sure most, if not all of the solutions worked. After submitting the exam, I just got back a "no thanks". What about what was my score? Obviously, they are skirting the issue and wasting my time. Why not at a minimum give back a score, or better yet, explain what is insufficient, or what is really going on.

Questions

The take-home test was to be completed within a week.

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Kraken Work Experiences

Tons of Work but Fun

Engineering • Current Employee

Pros: The company has been around for 10 years, but they only hit the hyper-scale button within the past year or two. As a result, most employees you meet have been here for 6 months or less and it has a very startup-y feel. They are just starting to put proper HR processes in place but everyone from the CEO on down is trying to keep culture good and bureaucracy to a minimum which is awesome. There is a ton of work to do but if you love crypto, there's no better place to be. Work/life balance can be a challenge but not because the company demands it, more because you want to keep up with awesome coworkers and make your own impact.

Cons: A bit of chaos should be expected. Sometimes it isn't clear who to ask for what, but people tend to be very friendly so don't be afraid to ask dumb questions. The company takes security extremely seriously. Kraken might be the top company in the world for cybersecurity practices and that isn't an exaggeration. Be prepared to work differently than what you're used to at other places.

Tons of Work but Fun

Engineering • Current Employee

Pros: The company has been around for 10 years, but they only hit the hyper-scale button within the past year or two. As a result, most employees you meet have been here for 6 months or less and it has a very startup-y feel. They are just starting to put proper HR processes in place but everyone from the CEO on down is trying to keep culture good and bureaucracy to a minimum which is awesome. There is a ton of work to do but if you love crypto, there's no better place to be. Work/life balance can be a challenge but not because the company demands it, more because you want to keep up with awesome coworkers and make your own impact.

Cons: A bit of chaos should be expected. Sometimes it isn't clear who to ask for what, but people tend to be very friendly so don't be afraid to ask dumb questions. The company takes security extremely seriously. Kraken might be the top company in the world for cybersecurity practices and that isn't an exaggeration. Be prepared to work differently than what you're used to at other places.

Grateful but stupified

Senior SRE • Former Employee

San Francisco, CA

November 2, 2023

Pros: Crypto, security, money, teamwork, perks.

Cons: Middle management, paranoia, unwilling to touch tech debt, too many silos

Grateful but stupified

Senior SRE • Former Employee

San Francisco, CA

November 2, 2023

Pros: Crypto, security, money, teamwork, perks.

Cons: Middle management, paranoia, unwilling to touch tech debt, too many silos

Probably the best company I worked for.

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Pros: I joined roughly one year ago and right away I was working on some amazing things. The onboarding process was very fun and made you feel as you were part of a wonderful community despite everyone being remote. And that's one of the great things with Kraken, despite everyone being remote you never feel like someone is far when you need help. I have a wonderful boss and colleagues who value you and your work. The work is fun and you have carte blanche to use your creativity. We have annual meet-ups and informal meet-ups too and even have yoga and meditation over zoom.

Cons: It can be fast-paced, which I like but the company has been growing so some of the internal processes are not yet mature, however, there's on going work to standardise a lot of these things.

Probably the best company I worked for.

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Pros: I joined roughly one year ago and right away I was working on some amazing things. The onboarding process was very fun and made you feel as you were part of a wonderful community despite everyone being remote. And that's one of the great things with Kraken, despite everyone being remote you never feel like someone is far when you need help. I have a wonderful boss and colleagues who value you and your work. The work is fun and you have carte blanche to use your creativity. We have annual meet-ups and informal meet-ups too and even have yoga and meditation over zoom.

Cons: It can be fast-paced, which I like but the company has been growing so some of the internal processes are not yet mature, however, there's on going work to standardise a lot of these things.

Tons of Work but Fun

Engineering • Current Employee

Pros: The company has been around for 10 years, but they only hit the hyper-scale button within the past year or two. As a result, most employees you meet have been here for 6 months or less and it has a very startup-y feel. They are just starting to put proper HR processes in place but everyone from the CEO on down is trying to keep culture good and bureaucracy to a minimum which is awesome. There is a ton of work to do but if you love crypto, there's no better place to be. Work/life balance can be a challenge but not because the company demands it, more because you want to keep up with awesome coworkers and make your own impact.

Cons: A bit of chaos should be expected. Sometimes it isn't clear who to ask for what, but people tend to be very friendly so don't be afraid to ask dumb questions. The company takes security extremely seriously. Kraken might be the top company in the world for cybersecurity practices and that isn't an exaggeration. Be prepared to work differently than what you're used to at other places.

5.0
Tons of Work but Fun
Engineering • Current Employee
March 22, 2022
Pros: The company has been around for 10 years, but they only hit the hyper-scale button within the past year or two. As a result, most employees you meet have been here for 6 months or less and it has a very startup-y feel. They are just starting to put proper HR processes in place but everyone from the CEO on down is trying to keep culture good and bureaucracy to a minimum which is awesome. There is a ton of work to do but if you love crypto, there's no better place to be. Work/life balance can be a challenge but not because the company demands it, more because you want to keep up with awesome coworkers and make your own impact.
Cons: A bit of chaos should be expected. Sometimes it isn't clear who to ask for what, but people tend to be very friendly so don't be afraid to ask dumb questions. The company takes security extremely seriously. Kraken might be the top company in the world for cybersecurity practices and that isn't an exaggeration. Be prepared to work differently than what you're used to at other places.

Grateful but stupified

Senior SRE • Former Employee

San Francisco, CA

November 2, 2023

Pros: Crypto, security, money, teamwork, perks.

Cons: Middle management, paranoia, unwilling to touch tech debt, too many silos

3.0
Grateful but stupified
Senior SRE • Former Employee
San Francisco, CA
November 2, 2023
Pros: Crypto, security, money, teamwork, perks.
Cons: Middle management, paranoia, unwilling to touch tech debt, too many silos

Probably the best company I worked for.

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Pros: I joined roughly one year ago and right away I was working on some amazing things. The onboarding process was very fun and made you feel as you were part of a wonderful community despite everyone being remote. And that's one of the great things with Kraken, despite everyone being remote you never feel like someone is far when you need help. I have a wonderful boss and colleagues who value you and your work. The work is fun and you have carte blanche to use your creativity. We have annual meet-ups and informal meet-ups too and even have yoga and meditation over zoom.

Cons: It can be fast-paced, which I like but the company has been growing so some of the internal processes are not yet mature, however, there's on going work to standardise a lot of these things.

5.0
Probably the best company I worked for.
Software Engineer • Current Employee
April 22, 2023
Pros: I joined roughly one year ago and right away I was working on some amazing things. The onboarding process was very fun and made you feel as you were part of a wonderful community despite everyone being remote. And that's one of the great things with Kraken, despite everyone being remote you never feel like someone is far when you need help. I have a wonderful boss and colleagues who value you and your work. The work is fun and you have carte blanche to use your creativity. We have annual meet-ups and informal meet-ups too and even have yoga and meditation over zoom.
Cons: It can be fast-paced, which I like but the company has been growing so some of the internal processes are not yet mature, however, there's on going work to standardise a lot of these things.

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