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      Product Owner Interview

      Apr 7, 2016
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Berlin
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Zalando (Berlin)

      Interview

      I have interviewed with Berlin product team. The process was incredibly long, mostly because there was never a single point of contact. As it appears, even recruiters in Zalando works only through assistants, thus each meeting needed to be planned 2-3 weeks in advance and required long chasing on back and forth emails. A technical recruiter was surprisingly knowledgable (at least compared to other interviews with similar companies I had), but still was asking questions like "how many brands are we selling, how many transaction we do, what is our revenue". I guess there is a merit of testing person's background knowledge, but perhaps it should be focused more on competitions and landscape, rather than on PR data you can simply google. On the other hand, interview with a senior PM really left me unimpressed. I got asked really typical "what is your strong sides" question you would expect from a junior HR, but not from a product leader. Also, I really didn't get any clear explanation of "radical agility" they preach, what I heard is more looked like a 10 people startup ad-hoc way of working applied to 10000 people company. After reading a bit more on Glassdoor about current state of the product department in Zalando (and not hearing back for a really while), I decided to skip this opportunity.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      How many brands are we selling, how many transaction we do, what is our revenue
      1 Answer
      3

      Other Product Owner interview reviews for Zalando

      Product Owner Interview

      Mar 18, 2021
      Anonymous interview candidate
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      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
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      1

      Product Owner Interview

      Sep 23, 2021
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Helsinki, Southern Finland
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      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?
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      Product Owner Interview

      Jun 1, 2018
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Berlin
      No offer
      Neutral experience
      Average interview

      Application

      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!!

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Why do you think you are fit for zalando
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