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      Senior Software Development Engineer Interview

      Mar 18, 2016
      Anonymous employee
      Irvine, CA
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Zillow (Irvine, CA) in Jun 2015

      Interview

      The process started with me submitting an application online. I then received an email from one of the recruiters and we scheduled a time to hop on a call to discuss my background and the role I was applying for. After a short call with the recruiter, she sent me a coding test that I was to work on and return by email to them. I leisurely completed it about a week later and sent it back, along with some additional feedback I had regarding some things that were not asked for but I felt were important to note. The same day as I submitted my coding test I received an email saying the next step is a technical phone interview with the team manager. We scheduled it for a few days later. On the call I was asked about my experience, as well as some fairly simple and common technical questions regarding databases and programming. It seemed to go well. The day after the technical phone interview I was asked to come in for an on-site interview. We scheduled it for about a week and a half after the phone interview. The on-site interview consisted of meeting with 3 different people. The first was the recruiter who I had been in contact with. The second was one of the engineers on the team I would be working with, and the third was the team manager (the same one I had the call with). I was also scheduled to meet with the VP, but he was out of the office at the time, so we had a follow-up call two days later. The team manager gave me a code test, in which I had to take a dollar amount and convert it into a textual representation. For example, given the amount $1,255.76, write a function that would output "One thousand two hundred fifty five dollars and seventy six cents." The question was written on a whiteboard and I was given about 30-40 minutes to write out my answer on the whiteboard. The team manager left the room and came back every so often to check up on my progress. I really liked the fact that he would leave the room, since it relieved a lot of the pressure of someone hovering over your shoulder. For about half the time I studied the question and possible solutions before really getting into the heart of the solution. I came up with what I felt was a good solution, and made sure to document any errors or missteps I had taken (as he had requested) to show my thought process. Once the time was up, he came back in and asked me to explain my solution. I went through my thought process and explained my solution, answering a couple of questions he had as I went along. The solution wasn't a complete, working set of code, but rather pseudo-code that was meant to demonstrate the solution, which he had explained was perfectly fine. The other interviewers were more of the question and answer type of interviews, comprised mostly of back and forth about my experience, how I go about solving problems, etc. It was fairly informal overall. I really enjoyed the entire process of the on-site interview, as they seemed to be succinct, with very little overlap or redundancy between interviewers.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Write a function that, given a dollar amount, would output a textual representation (i.e. $123.43 -> "One hundred twenty three dollars and forty three cents").
      1 Answer
      5
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      Zillow response
      10y
      Thank you for the kind words. I’m glad everything went well. We work hard to make sure the interview process is great and good use of both of our time. Hopefully you are enjoying your time here at Zillow Group. - Justin LaJoie, VP

      Other Senior Software Development Engineer interview reviews for Zillow

      Senior Software Development Engineer Interview

      Aug 31, 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

      Jun 20, 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
      avatar
      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

      Sep 13, 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
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      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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