Zillow·Software Engineer

Zillow Software Engineer interview experience

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Medium

Positive

United StatesPosted Jul 2023 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My path started with outreach from a VP of engineering, who then connected me with a recruiter.

The recruiter screen felt rushed and basic—mostly covering my career at a high level—then I moved into a technical interview with two engineers.

The technical part centered on a LeetCode-style exercise, which surprised me because I expected the role to lean more heavily on system design or architecture. During the interview, one engineer gave very short responses when I followed up with questions, while the other mostly took an observer stance instead of actively engaging.

After that, the process flowed into the same general structure I’d been hearing about: an initial round with a short

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