Practice 35 Zalando GmbH interview questions covering fashion tech, customer obsession, and European e-commerce leadership.
Question 35 of 35
Why the Interviewer Asks This Question
What You Need to Know
Experienced
Community Answers

Kevin Downey has an extensive background in business management, recruiting, branding and marketing. He's volunteered his career coaching services at job fairs, lecturing on interview techniques and crafting winning resumes and cover letters.
Your interviewer is curious whether you are receptive to feedback or respond to it defensively. Their ideal talent will be determined and motivated to develop professionally while proactively seeking out feedback. Whereas a less qualified candidate will come in, perform the bare minimum of their work, and clock out, not seeking feedback, and assuming no news is good news.

Kevin Downey has an extensive background in business management, recruiting, branding and marketing. He's volunteered his career coaching services at job fairs, lecturing on interview techniques and crafting winning resumes and cover letters.
Zalando perceives feedback as a gift. "Feedback is a gift. We give and receive honest and timely feedback. We are humble, honest, and reliable, and we actively seek feedback and try to understand what drives our partners. We provide each other with support, and we care. Zalando holds two feedback rounds per year, supported by our evaluation process and tool. These are designed to promote interpersonal, unbiased conversations regarding an employee's individual performance and opportunities. We also seek out feedback from employees, collecting anonymous employee surveys on a quarterly basis. The results of these surveys help us improve our performance management across the company." There's more information about their 360 feedback peer-review process on their website.

Kevin Downey has an extensive background in business management, recruiting, branding and marketing. He's volunteered his career coaching services at job fairs, lecturing on interview techniques and crafting winning resumes and cover letters.
"In all honesty, I crave feedback. Not because I need constant validation, but because I am driven and want to make every adjustment required to advance my goals of furthering my skill and experience level and development. For me, no news is bad news. No news is being in the dark or cruising along at the status quo. So, if I can improve, please tell me. If I'm doing great, tell me what I can do better. I love what Zalando says online about feedback being a gift. I couldn't agree more."

Interview Coach
Jaymie
A real coach, not AI. I read every answer myself and write back with personalized feedback.
Typically responds within 24 hours.
0 - Character Count
Unlock expert responses tailored to Zalando's fashion-tech culture and customer-first philosophy.
Get StartedJump to Question

Written by Kevin Downey
35 Questions & Answers • Zalando GmbH

By Kevin

By Kevin