Zulily Software Engineer interview experience

That moved fairly quickly into a longer sequence: five rounds total. The lineup was heavy on coding and systems thinking—two coding rounds, two system design rounds, and then a managerial or HR-style round.

I solved the coding questions and I felt good about how the system design conversations went, so I was genuinely surprised by the rejection. What made it more frustrating wasn’t just the outcome—it was the lack of clarity afterwards. I waited around ten days after the interviews, and I had to send multiple follow-up emails just to get any feedback at all.

The whole process didn’t feel