Redfin Software Engineer interview experience

The phone portion centered on Java-focused code work—code review and debugging—and it didn’t feel like pure theory. I then showed up for the onsite and got two coding rounds plus a design round. The last part was with a hiring manager, and that’s where my nerves spiked.

Across the onsite, the technical content leaned heavily on data structures and algorithms, and there was also time spent talking with engineers informally—there was lunch with two engineers, where the conversation naturally turned toward my background and how I’d approached projects. The coding rounds were serious enough that