I applied through a recruiter. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at Zalando in Sept 2016
Interview
Apply via a HR manager , asked me to send a CV and with in 4 days I got HR interview , they are using Business Skype (MS Lync) for interviews.
I was contacted by an internal recruiter. I don't agree too much with the tool, but each company has it's own filters.I failed the test and wrote them accepting it and saying thanks for the opportunity.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Introduction , technology stack , technology implementation on projects , questions were typical of general interviews , they are looking for latest technologies.
intial call with recruiter and then a coding assessment test. coding was leetcode medium level questions. after that was a live coding interview. for approx 1 hour and then a systems design interview for designing a payment system.
The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Zalando (Berlin) in Oct 2025
Interview
The interviewer was looking desperately tired and unfocused. Didn't join the interview on time. I had to find someone else to ping him to join.
The questions were generic and related. However, it took 2 weeks for the interviewer to send the results of a basic questionnaire to move forward.
I was overall hugely disappointed with that.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How do you ensure the application you are working on meets the performance requirements?
I interviewed at Zalando (Helsinki, Southern Finland)
Interview
The interview process id extremely time consuming. It has technical coding and general interview questions. The interviews may vary from team to team. The information is around four year old.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Many things, previous employer. Future plans. Coding