Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Kalshi as 33.3% positive with a difficulty rating score of 3.08 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Tech and Analyst rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Software Engineer and Finance roles were rated as the easiest.
The hiring process at Kalshi takes an average of 9 days when considering 12 user submitted interviews across all job titles. To compare, the average duration of hiring at similar companies like BlackRock, Inc. is 14 days, Fabricated Software, Inc. is 2 days, and Apple Inc. is 21 days. Candidates applying for Graphic Designer had the quickest hiring process (on average 7 days), whereas Software Engineer roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 14 days).
Quick intro call about behavior and work ethics. Recruiter was easy to talk to, but there was no follow up. Company has an interesting product and seems to have a lot of rooms to grow.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Kalshi (New York, NY) in Dec 2025
Interview
Phone screen followed by a manager interview focused on past experience. Final round was a LeetCode-style question implementing a class with efficiency considerations and multiple possible solution approaches and tradeoffs.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a technical project you worked on in the past.
They literally ghosted me after doing the technical interview. I followed up and they didn’t even answer or send a rejection. The interview was a LC hard, the interviewer was great.