Redfin·Software Engineer

Redfin Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Easy

Negative

United StatesPosted Nov 2017 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I went through the typical shape of apply, phone screen, then an onsite, and the early signals made me optimistic.

On the phone interview, I started with a technical question and felt like I nailed it, including finding an optimal solution and calculating worst-case runtime without much trouble. After that, I still didn’t make it to onsite, and the part that stuck with me was that my answer to why I wanted to work at the company wasn’t considered satisfactory.

In another attempt with a similar process structure, I applied online, passed an interview, and then went to Seattle for the onsite. That onsite felt simple and warm at first—there was some small talk, then a coding question, and I got the

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