I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Zalando in July 2021
Interview
The interview was scheduled by HR and was supposed to be an HR interview. Nevertheless turned out to be a product interview.
Ultimately the manager clarified the position which wa different than my expectation and we proceeded with a typical STAR question about "tell me a time... and specially focus on the discovery and data gathering part of the project".
Though the example provided wasn't the best I could had found, the interviewer rather tried to press and understand what I created.
On the interview round I asked the inverse question "which was the discovery process at zalando". Turned out the interviewer was interested on mentioning "I talked to clients and I actually did first hand customer interviews"
HR interview smooth. Asked about the tool you use, the best achievement, lots of discussions of the company and the role. Also asked whether you have worked in a consumer facing company
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What are the tools you use in daily work, or enjoy using.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Zalando (Berlin) in Feb 2025
Interview
Courteous interviewers.
Takes a really long time, and there's a huge gap between rounds with no communication from the team on next steps. Emails go unanswered.
Lots of overlapping questions / unnecessary rounds - had 7 overall.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How do you prioritise a roadmap
Tell us about your ML / AI experience
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Zalando (Berlin) in Feb 2025
Interview
All the interview questions/topics matched what the recruiter mentioned in the intro call, as well as Zalando's career portal articles. Overall, a very positive and interesting experience. I had a 5 interviews in total: Hiring Manager + 4 final round interviews accessing product competencies.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about the product/feature that made the biggest impact.