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      Senior Data Engineer Interview

      27 Dec 2023
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Berlin
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at Zalando (Berlin) in Dec 2023

      Interview

      Received an online code challenge. Passed it. Then 1-hour interview with the Hiring Manager. The Hiring Manager has a list of questions (mostly nonsense questions) and starts to ask them one by one without paying attention to your answers. 5 minutes before the end of the interview, I stopped the interviewer and said that I also had a question. He behaved like he was the only one who asked questions. Anyway, the behavior of the hiring manager completely demotivated me, and withdrew my application.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      what partitions exist in database
      Answer question
      5
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      Zalando response
      2y
      Thank you for taking the time to leave a review. We appreciate you bringing this to our attention. What you describe goes against our values and high standards at Zalando. We design our recruiting practices to promote diversity and inclusion, and reduce structural disadvantages and biases, so that every candidate is treated with the same respect and openness. We fully commit to providing a positive experience to our candidates by ensuring a smooth process, transparency, and valuable feedback. We’ve since shared your feedback with Leadership and the People and Organization team who are investigating in order to drive improvement where needed. We wish you all the best in your future endeavors. - Talent Acquisition Team

      Other Senior Data Engineer interview reviews for Zalando

      Senior Data Engineer Interview

      30 Jun 2025
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Helsinki, Southern Finland
      No offer
      Neutral experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Zalando (Helsinki, Southern Finland) in May 2025

      Interview

      totally 5 interviews, 1 with talent acquisition, 1 interview with Hiring Manager, if you are passed you go to the next phase which is consist of 1 coding, 1 general tech and 1 system design interview where you have been asked to design a scenario.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      1 python, 1 SQL and 1 spark coding challenge, in general tech you can expect anything.
      Answer question

      Senior Data Engineer Interview

      23 Jun 2025
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Berlin
      Declined offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied through other source. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Zalando (Berlin) in Feb 2025

      Interview

      The interview process included a 30-minute HR interview, followed by a 1-hour session with the hiring manager, and then three technical interviews. There was flexibility to schedule all interviews on the same day or spread them across multiple days. In the first technical interview, they asked general technical questions related to my experience, along with some scenario-based questions. The second interview focused on system architecture design, while the third involved a coding challenge.

      Senior Data Engineer Interview

      22 Oct 2024
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Declined offer
      Negative experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Zalando in Aug 2024

      Interview

      Typical interview process with HR, Hiring manager, technical interview, and culture fit check. You can feel that their technical people are not capable - they have very limited knowledge, knowing only the toolkit Zalando uses, and have difficulties to understand latest technologies and theories behind them. You probably wanted to work with smarter people.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Tell me what languages do you use. Build a system to capture onsite customer behavior. Tell me a conflict you had with other teams
      Answer question
      1
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      Zalando response
      1y
      Thank you for providing us with this feedback on your interview experience! We appreciate any opportunity to improve. - Talent Acquisition Team