I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 months. I interviewed at Klarna (Stockholm, Stockholm) in May 2018
Interview
I was contacted by a recruiter on mid February and got an offer in mid May, the whole process was very stressful as I had to constantly ping the recruiter to give me updates, as days would go by and I would not receive an email even though I was told I would.
The people I met in their Stockholm office are very nice and professional, I received an offer but decided to turn it down as others have mentioned, they offered a very low salary, and the comments I saw on Glassdoor about this company really made me doubt if it was worth moving there and struggle with all of those issues described there.
I flew to Stockholm for the onsite interview and payed everything besides the hotel from my pocket, a month later I was reimbursed less than what I payed for travel expenses and was not reimbursed for food, this had to come out from my own pocket. They have serious problems with their recruiting process I would suggest they look into it.
Overall, I had a negative experience interviewing with Klarna.
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