Zalando Software Engineer interview experience

The take-home took me about three to four hours, and it was the kind of work where you had to do refactoring and add tests, so it wasn’t just “write a quick solution.” After I submitted it, the subsequent team interview felt practical and architecture-focused, and the conversations centered more on how I’d approach real engineering problems and my experience rather than abstract trick questions.

What helped was that the process felt transparent. I received feedback within about a week, and it was clear that they were looking at the way I reasoned and how I structured my approach, not just