Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Kernel as 100% positive with a difficulty rating score of 2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Engineer and rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Engineer and roles were rated as the easiest.
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I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Kernel (London, England) in Feb 2025
Interview
It felt like they really knew what they were looking for and were very direct with their questions, and made the process really simple and easy for me. They also were super flexible on timing.
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Question 1
They asked me about my experience at my previous job.
Did a lot of rounds of interviews with various people. There was a skills test. I felt like it was a reasonable process. Would recommend learning about the company founder.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Kernel (Los Angeles, CA)
Interview
There was an initial interview with the director of the team. The second interview was with the entire team and was more detailed and technical-oriented. The format was over Zoom video conference.