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      Software Engineer Interview

      Nov 22, 2023
      Anonymous employee
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Zalando in Aug 2023

      Interview

      Received HR phone screen on early August but tied up with my work on hands, then started working on online assessment at mid August. One month later, received coding interview invitation on early Oct then moved forward into final rounds by the end of Oct.

      Interview questions [5]

      Question 1

      Online assessment part is easy if you could solve medium level of leetcode questions.
      Answer question

      Question 2

      Coding interview asked you to complete object oriented question based on question provided, then you are required to improve you code quality up to thread safety/concurrent one.
      1 Answer

      Question 3

      General tech questions asked mainly focusing on microservice, java internals and concepts about monitoring system. But you need to figure out what type of question the interviewer wants you to answer based on the situation/incidents he described.
      1 Answer

      Question 4

      System design questions, that is the easiest part as far as I have met during the interview process. You could pass this round if you are familiar with System Design Interview – An Insider's Guide: Volume 2 by Alex Xu.
      1 Answer

      Question 5

      Culture fit interview experience is quite different from where I interviewed with Amazon. The director level of manager asked my personal background first then asked questions about agile methodology, incident handling experience, innovative break, and my taste of working with people. You answer must align with your work experience which you would start at the very beginning. This is really a tough behavioral interview I've meet.
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      Zalando response
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      Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback with us about your interview experience. We are very happy to hear that it was an enjoyable moment for you and that we can soon welcome you into our team. We’re excited for you to start! - Talent Acquisition Team

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