Kraken Digital Asset Exchange·Software Engineer

Kraken Digital Asset Exchange Software Engineer interview experience

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United StatesPosted Feb 2022 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My experience started with a take-home assignment to build an order book component based on written specs.

It wasn’t framed like a tiny toy exercise, but it also didn’t feel bizarre or disconnected from real work. After I completed it, I had a follow-up conversation with an engineer and a manager to walk through the project and the trade-offs I made.

The technical part felt straightforward overall, but the process got sour during compensation. I received a lowball offer, and that single issue colored how I viewed the rest of the interactions. I told them I had other offers, and they adjusted the number, but even the updated offer still didn’t land where it needed to.

Ultimately I turned the

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