I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Zalando (Berlin) in Dec 2017
Interview
Initial online coding test to be solved in an hour. It contained 2 coding problems which were quite complex in the given time.
Couple of weeks after the test, a video call with a technical interviewer of about half an hour. Live coding and problem solving session.
Couple weeks after, 3 rounds of technical interviews/video calls each 45 minutes long on one day.
Final hr interview of about 45 minutes.
Final feedback received after a week.
Interview questions [17]
Question 1
Online coding test, Q1 - Reading data from file and aggregating/grouping and transforming
HR asked a lot of behavioural questions e.g. why do you want to work for us, how do you keep yourself updated, what do you want to improve in you, in what role do you see yourself in future, how do you provide feedback to team members, how does you team members rate you, biggest achievement etc.
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