I applied online. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Klarna (Stockholm, Stockholm) in Aug 2017
Interview
Online IQ test, then on site interview where they gave me the same IQ test again. The interview was with the analytics team manager, he was a good interviewer.
Got a small coding assignment before the next interview which was technical, with two developers. During the interview they asked me to describe an application I had worked with. Then they asked about the assignment, how i would change the code to make it work for more types of data.
The day after i got an email that they would not proceed with me since i lacked some skills.
My only guess is that they wanted someone with more micro service architecture experience, although I might be completely off. On the technical interview they mentioned micro services about 20 times so it seemed really important for them.
it consisted of 3 parts, HR, technical, behavioural. The technical part was a leetcode hard problem but they did not expect a hard solution. The behavioural was related to leadership principles similar to most companies.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Klarna (Paris) in Oct 2025
Interview
I had a second experience with Klarna. After the ghosting of last year, Klarna reach out again for a SWE position. The same happened. After the first discussion, I have been told again to book a slot for the second round. And then... no news from anyone.
Second ghosting. Klarna has a terrible HR process and policy.
I feel like I dodge a bullet here. The work environment might be pretty toxic if it is aligned with the HR practices.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
questions about your past experience, and what are your expectations
1. HR and logic test
2. Tech - take home projects, a generic web project, and discuss
3. Design round
4. Manager round - discuss position and what to do