ZZalando·Software Engineer

Zalando Software Engineer interview experience

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BerlinPosted Jan 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My loop stretched out over about two months, and it was paced like a fairly classic multi-stage process.

It started with an intro with a recruiter, then moved into an online assessment where I completed easy-to-medium style LeetCode problems. After that, I had an HR interview and a separate hiring manager interview.

From there, I did a coding interview and then a general tech interview, where the questions were closer to the kind of work behind the role and tied into Java and core OOP-style concepts. The next step was system design. The whole thing was structured enough that I always had a next step lined up, and the interviewers were generally nice and kind.

I did get an offer in the end, and

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