I applied online. I interviewed at Zalando in Feb 2021
Interview
Quick to the point and no time for greetings. Situational questions and no feedback on the answers provided.
Then some questions to test the analytical skills and knowledge of tools. Finally an opportunity to ask some questions but did not have sufficient time to ask all the questions. Impressing the interviewer within the 30-minute slot is very critical. How we steer the interview from the beginning is important.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Give me a user story and acceptance criteria for a fashion line targeting a working mother who uses the mobile app
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Zalando (Helsinki, Southern Finland) in Jan 2019
Interview
The interview was done by existing Product Owners from different fields and questions were very open-ended. But they did not comment anything you said or give any feedback. The other interviewer was typing her laptop like she was not interested to be in the room at all. And not in a style of making notes. The atmosphere was cold and uninviting. I felt like they really didn't want anyone else to join the company. Rather odd setup when there is a constant lack of these professionals. I really didn't get a good feeling about the work or the company based on this.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How do you build a product?
What is your DoD?
Why should you join us?
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Zalando (Berlin) in May 2018
Interview
Its a long long tiring process. I could not figure a pttern that which interviewer was testing what most of them were asking similar questions! They keep lining up one round after another without checking the feedback i think.In the end they come and say it didnt work out beacause of the second round you gave.Why the hell on earth you make a candidate give 8 rounds then.when you knew you are not going to tqke that candidate right from second round! bizarre totally!!