Application I applied through Indeed. The process took 1 month. I interviewed at Kraken (UK) in Feb 2025 Interview 1st stage: Had a chat with a wonderful recruiter, set the stage for the whole interview process. Discussions about the company structure, team I would be working it, salary expectations and general question regarding motivation for joining the team. 2nd stage: Take home test. A django command line app for parsing file(s). Here, they evaluate you on taking on an ambiguous task and providing a scalable solution. Document your assumptions properly. 3rd stage: Further technical discussion about the task. Discussing approach, decisions taken and tradeoffs. How can the app be extended. 4th stage: The final stage. Focuses on your technical skills and the wider Python/Django ecosystem—discussions around ways of working. After the last interview, the offer came within 30 minutes. I really enjoyed working with my recruiter (Brad). He was super supportive.

Le processus d'embauche est très straightforward: 1. Un appel en visio RH 2. Un test technique à faire à la maison (3-4h) en Python, Django 3. Un appel en visio avec 2 ingénieurs pour discuter du test technique et des possibles améliorations 4. Un appel en visio avec 2 personnes de l'équipe (team fit) Toutes les personnes que j'ai rencontrées lors de ces entretiens ont été très bienveillantes. Le processus est transparent et très rapide. J'ai eu des retours le lendemain de chaque entretien. Les retours peuvent prendre 1 semaine au maximum. J'ai aussi reçu un document qui expliquait tout ce processus, contrairement à d'autres entreprises où le processus peut être flou et long, donc c'était une agréable surprise. Franchement ce type de processus humain est très rafraîchissant, merci la team Talent Acquisition. De plus, la Talent Acquisition Specialist était au top, très à l'écoute et réactive.

1. Screening call with recruiter to learn about the company, very chill 2. tech test 3. meeting with engineers who reviewed the test to discuss the solution and how you'd improve it 4. Culture fit and further technical discussion with head of engineering Overall it's a *very* straight forward process with only a take-home test and 2 stages where you talk to people in the company. Compared to other companies that had 4+ stages not including the screening call it was very good to see someone still hiring sensibly. Offer came very quickly after the final call and I was delighted to accept. I was also treated very well by the recruitment team and it felt like the process was decisive and quick.