First round codility test, which some what medium difficulty. After clearing first you'll be interviewed with screening round where again you'll be writing codes. After positive feedback you need to give 4 more rounds in which 1 round for coding again, 1 design, 1 general tech (basic java, DS/Algo), 1 HM round.
With this level of complexity it will 90% luck, 10% your own effort will be the possibility to clear all the interviews.
For me design round person was expecting something else so need to constantly ask him "is this correct/is this meeting your expectation/". He asked to design swagger for API's. Have something in mind regarding this otherwise you'll hear "Have you not worked on REST api's in past". Common you are asking this from a 10 years experienced candidate in java tech. (when the whole world is working on REST api's).
At the end of interview they wont return back with pass/fail. After seeing other reviews, I didn't bother to ask them.
If you are done with all interviews probably don't waste your energy in asking the recruiter to provide feedback, which will never come in your life if you have not cleared (remember 90% luck and 10% your effort factor).
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In the design round they ask majorly eCommerce design probably they are better and more comfortable in that area.
intial call with recruiter and then a coding assessment test. coding was leetcode medium level questions. after that was a live coding interview. for approx 1 hour and then a systems design interview for designing a payment system.
The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Zalando (Berlin) in Oct 2025
Interview
The interviewer was looking desperately tired and unfocused. Didn't join the interview on time. I had to find someone else to ping him to join.
The questions were generic and related. However, it took 2 weeks for the interviewer to send the results of a basic questionnaire to move forward.
I was overall hugely disappointed with that.
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How do you ensure the application you are working on meets the performance requirements?
The interview process id extremely time consuming. It has technical coding and general interview questions. The interviews may vary from team to team. The information is around four year old.
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Many things, previous employer. Future plans. Coding