- applied beginning august 15 - interview with HR to talk projects in beginning september 15 - interview with team leader in end september 15 - technical interview in end september 15 Initial interview was around 1 hour, about motivation, background and projects, as well as the possible questions on the company. Technical interview was 45 minutes with a company developer and tackled language-related questions and an algorithm problem. Initial interviews went well, interviewers were very cool and open and I felt motivated to work for them. Technical interview on the other hand was a bit cold and impersonal, had a bad vibe with the interviewer with whom I ended up disagreeing quite strongly. All-in-all, interview was bad luck as Zalando seem like a decent company to work with, but I was quite displeased with being so easily dismissed on simple stuff while having a PhD and decent experience in development.