I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Zalando in May 2021
Interview
This was the most efficient process I've ever seen.
HR replied within 24h to all interactions, and the whole process was very short from first meeting to offer.
The different interviews were:
- HR phone call (30 min)
- Home Assignment: SQL, Spark, Leetcode (medium) (1h30)
- Hiring manager meeting call: home assignment review, SQL, Leetcode (easy) (1h)
- Coding Interview: Leetcode (medium) (1h)
- Data Engineering Questions: Global knowledge questions (1h)
- System Design (1h)
- Culture Fit interview (1h)
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Design a class that will be fed periodical products lists to return top K elements.
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.
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.
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
