Zillow·Software Engineer

Zillow Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Medium

Negative

Ciudad de MexicoPosted Oct 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I started with a recruiter message through LinkedIn, and then I had a call to talk through my background, my expectations, and what the role at Zillow would involve.

A couple of days later I was scheduled for a technical interview.

The technical portion leaned into a coding assessment delivered via an online testing platform. The backend angle I expected never really materialized—during my call it ended up being heavily focused on a HackerRank-style test, and I didn’t get much of the interactive discussion I was hoping for while implementing. There wasn’t a back-and-forth conversation about architecture or broader backend best practices; it was more about getting through the test.

I also had to work within the flow of the platform and keep moving

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