Senior Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Kraken with 2.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 25% positive. To compare, the company-average is 57.7% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Common stages of the interview process at Kraken as a Senior Software Engineer according to 4 Glassdoor interviews include:
Skills test: 27%
Phone interview: 27%
One on one interview: 18%
Group panel interview: 18%
Personality test: 9%
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A tough interview process with multiple stages to navigate, a tech test and 3 interviews if you include the initial interview with the recruiter. However the recruiter was very helpful and the whole process flowed smoothly. Despite the multiple stages, it was completed relatively quickly
The tech test was relevant to the job, a real life problem and had all the information required.
The interviewers did their best to make you feel comfortable and made it more of a discussion rather than an interrogation.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
First interview I was encouraged to discuss experience and dev principals rather than having a series of individual questions fired at me.
Second Interview was a design interview. A real world, relevant problem received in advance with time to prepare. Interviewers were helpful in terms of asking for clarification where needed and prompting for more info on certains aspects
I applied online. I interviewed at Kraken (Melbourne) in Jul 2026
Interview
Compared to other tech interview processes I thought it was straightforward: a brief phone screen, take-home exam, technical interview (1 hour, largely of the take-home) and behavioural interview (another hour).
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What's your approach to using AI in software development?
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.