I applied online. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Zalando (Dublin, Dublin) in Jan 2021
Interview
Took roughly six weeks between arranging schedules. Approx a week to come back with feedback after each stage. First stage was a HR screening. Second stage was a time-limited coding exam (remote online using only particular languages - I chose Java). Third stage was an interview with an engineering manager. Didn't reach the fourth stage but it would have been interview with tech leads walking through coding and whiteboard problems.
Overall it was a fair interview process that I couldn't fault. Interviewers were pleasant and as a company they are transparent in how they recruit. They value feedback and were happy to give me some at the end while also seeking mine. Unfortunately my technology familiarity in their particular language of choice didn't match the level of what they needed (Scala rather than just plain Java) but that's how it is sometimes and certainly no fault of the company seeking what they skills they need to hit the ground running.
Interview questions [5]
Question 1
Why do you want to work for Zalando? What would you be looking for in a Role, Team, and Company?
How do you prioritise speed and quality?
In positions you found yourself as tech lead, what do you feel are your strengths? What do you feel you owe to the success of the project? How did you impact or contribute to that?
Fix the implementation of a function that takes an array A of N integers representing the lengths of nails on a wooden board in non-decreasing order where integer K returns the maximal number of nails that can be positioned at matching length after hammering down at most K nails
Write a function that takes array A of N positive integers and positive integer K, returns the largest even sum of K elements or -1 if there are no such K elements.
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