I have passed the following steps:
- Submit the application (including a cover letter)
- A coding challenge on Codility
- Interview with the recruiter
- Interview with the hiring manager
I haven't still received the feedback, but from what I've gathered, there should be one more technical interview with three engineers in order to:
- Review the code that has been implemented for solving the coding challenge
- Assess your system design skill
- Assess your general knowledge of IT
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
- Why do you want to work for Zalando?
- Why are you right for the role?
- Salary expectations?
- Relocation and visa requirement?
- When can you start?
- Tell about yourself?
- What do you know about Zalando?
- What do you know about the position?
- Some questions about the most related parts of your resume to the position.
- Some questions about AWS.
- Some questions about monitoring and logging like which metrics should be logged to pinpoint a performance issue.
Hey there!
Thank you for sharing your experience with your interview process! We're pleased to hear that it was a positive experience for you.
Best,
- Talent Acquisition Team
Other Senior Software Engineer interview reviews for Zalando
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
