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      Senior Software Development Engineer Interview

      8 Feb 2015
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Seattle, WA
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Zillow (Seattle, WA) in Jan 2015

      Interview

      I was contacted by one of their recruiters. The process had many steps. The first had me do a code sharing phone screen interview with one of their manager but I was informed that the position had been filled. Then a week later they told me that they had a few more job openings for me and that they would still like to interview me. The second step was a take home test. It was the same 2 questions that they ask everyone. I sent it the next day but the recruiter could not figure out how to unzip a file so she asked me a week later to send it to her as two different files. A week later they told me I had passed and asked me to do a second phone screen (also code sharing). It was very straight-forward and a few days later they told me they wanted me to interview on site. And asked me to fly there for a file round of interviews. I was quite disappointed by the on-site. They have changed my schedule 4 times, asked me to change room during the process, interviewers would leave me and had me wait alone for the next interviewer to show. Nobody bothered to show me around the office or where the restrooms were. I was provided a sandwich for lunch and told to eat it alone in a room without a window. After one of my interview I could see and hear my two interviewers discuss my interview in plain sight, about 20 feet away from me. I had 3 technical interviews. The first one was about data structure and was not too difficult. The second one was with a manager who was full of himself and kept to make weird comments and talk bad about his coworkers and Amazon (I never mentioned them). He sounded like a terrible human being and had no desire to work with him. His question was about object oriented design and had nothing to do with what zillow does. The third one was with another manager and she was much nicer, the question was a fun and challenging puzzle. I started with the wrong premise and realized that I was taking the wrong direction with 2 minutes to go in the interview. I told her how I would solve it but did not have time to code it. I was clearly not a good experience and had no desire to work with the first manager I spoke to. It has been weeks and I have not received reimbursement for my expenses yet.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      The make you sign an NDA
      Answer question
      3

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      Senior Software Development Engineer Interview

      31 Aug 2019
      Anonymous employee
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Zillow

      Interview

      - Informational call with recruiter - Technical phone screen with hiring manager (60 min) - Onsite interview: 5 technical interviews + (non-scored) lunch interview Most of the interviews were with potential teammates or adjacent teams. Each interview was pretty well-structured: "I'm going to start by X, then Y, then Z, then leave time for your questions at the end." Each interview included a "culture fit" question as well; together, these mean that the coding portion of the hour was smaller than at some other companies.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Every technical interview included a "culture fit" question. Ex: What was a time you made an unpopular decision?
      1 Answer
      14
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      Zillow response
      6y
      I'm glad to hear you enjoyed your interview experience. I wish you best of luck in your new position with us! - Annie Rihn

      Senior Software Development Engineer Interview

      20 Jun 2019
      Anonymous interview candidate
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Zillow

      Interview

      Never heard results or feedback. I will assume they are too busy solving the world's critical virtual home tour problems to show common courtesy. Interviewer was late. Interviewer made sure to let me know three times that their title was Director and the position was in the group he "owned". Tech question was from the '90's, probably as long as he has been asking it. Too busy to answer my questions because his next meeting was "far away". Ballmer-era spinout with antiquated engineering. Bullet dodged.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Mastermind
      1 Answer
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      Zillow response
      6y
      I'm very sorry to hear this was your experience with us. Could you please email me more specific information at annie@zillowgroup.com so that we can look into this further ? - Annie Rihn

      Senior Software Development Engineer Interview

      13 Sept 2018
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Seattle, WA
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Zillow (Seattle, WA)

      Interview

      1. Introductions 2. Interviewer will offer two timed brain teasers and give the interviewee a couple minutes to offer a solution. If the interviewer agrees with your solution then interviewee will have a few minutes to then code the agreed solution. Interviewee must work fast given the limited amount of time. 3. Final questions

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Interviewer will offer two brain teasers that interviewee must code and solve
      1 Answer
      2
      avatar
      Zillow response
      7y
      Thank you for sharing your interview feedback with us. If you have additional insight around your negative experience, please feel free to reach out to me at annie@zillowgroup.com

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