Zillow·Software Engineer

Zillow Software Engineer interview experience

Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I was curious about the system design round and the coding questions during Zillow’s onsite interview, and that curiosity became the whole shape of my experience.

I wasn’t able to recount a specific onsite day with detailed prompts, but I was focused on understanding which kinds of topics they emphasize once you’re past initial screening.

The way I framed my question made me think about the onsite as a mix: one part where you talk through architecture and tradeoffs, and another part where you work through coding problems that likely tie back to fundamentals. I wanted to know how the system design discussion typically flows compared with the coding component.

Because the information I had was mostly about what the rounds generally include, the

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