I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Kraken (Berlin) in Jan 2025
Interview
- Recruiter call
- Intro to role
- What to expect on the next rounds
- Salary expectation and range that might be offered
- Job location expectations
- Take-home coding challenge
- Add features to a bare bone Django app
- Technical interview on coding challenge submission
- Final tech + behavioral interview
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
The take home challenge was to add features to a bare-bone Django app. The focus point was to understand a data file's structure from documentation and build a extendable, maintainable and clean solution
Tech interview round:
- How did you break down the problem?
- Can this (a specific) part be made better?
- Can the processing part be made more efficient?
- Why did you choose to use @transaction decorator?
And general technical discussion on the solution and software engineering in general
Final round:
- Introduction to the team and what it does
- The teams work is different from parts of your major skills, why do you want to move to this area of work?
- General and basic knowledge questions about python and web applications
- Behavioral and technical questions about team-works, engineering practices, leadership philosophy.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Kraken
Interview
Interview process takes weeks even more than a month. First of all you should complete hr questions step and coding challenge. After completing the challenge successfully you should attend a white board session. Scenario was not clear. According the briefing there is no specific solution for the given scenario but actually they expect some specific solution.
Lengthy 4-hour take-home, building a very simple app with Django/Python. Vague negative feedback, stiff & cranky interviewers. The project was easy, albeit lengthy, it makes me think they hired internally.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Kraken (Toulouse) in Nov 2025
Interview
My interview experience at Kraken was pragmatic and efficient 4 steps process. Each stage was designed to be comfortable. This allows me to speak freely about my experience and motivations.
It began with an initial call with hiring team who clearly outlined the entire process, setting a positive tone from the start.
The 2nd was a work-from-home case study, which I was given time to prepare at my own pace (3-4hrs). After selection, I've presented my work.
This was an opportunity to showcase my understanding and have a nice talk with technical team.
The final stage was a chance to speak about my future role and see if it fits for all. A good step to talk about any subject related to this position : the company, team work, etc.
What I appreciated most was the pragmatic nature of the process. There were no long waits between steps, and I had a final decision within a month. Fortunately, it all led to an offer! I'm now incredibly eager to start at a company that seems like a fantastic place for passionate people.