ZZalando·Software Engineer

Zalando Software Engineer interview experience

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BerlinPosted Mar 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

The early phase felt straightforward but high-effort: I did a coding test first, and only after passing that did I move into HR.

The HR conversation was focused on fit and background questions, and then the process quickly became technical with four interviews that included senior and technical leaders. The overall difficulty felt high compared to many other loops I’d done.

After those technical discussions, I expected a clean wrap-up. There was another HR touchpoint intended to share the result of the interviews, but I didn’t end up seeing a positive outcome from that loop. The parts that stood out most were how many people got involved across the technical rounds and how the process escalated from an initial coding

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