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Zillow Software Engineer Interview Questions

The questions to prepare for a Zillow Software Engineer interview. Questions from real interview reports rank first. Updated weekly.

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CodingStart here. 24 questions · ~201 min
Last Man Standing StreamMedium
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Use the Josephus recurrence to find the final Zillow listing in a circular elimination stream with O(n) time and O(1) extra space.

Stream ProcessingZillow
Spiral Order Matrix TraversalMedium

Tests your ability to implement spiral traversal logic and manage boundaries correctly.

Basic AlgorithmsMatrixtraversalZillow
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System Design8 questions · ~67 min
Zillow Real-Time Property SearchHard

Tests system design skills for low-latency, geo-aware search and ranking over Zillow listing data.

Feature StoreRetrievalRecommendation SystemsZillow
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Execution3 questions · ~25 min
Zillow Notifications for Matching ListingsHard

Tests your ability to design reliable event-driven notifications at Zillow scale.

Launch PlanningTrade-offsExecutionZillow
Rate Limiting for Zillow APIsHard

Tests your ability to protect public APIs with minimal impact on legitimate traffic.

Trade-offsCloud Security RisksperformanceZillow
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Security & Infrastructure4 questions · ~34 min
How ARP WorksMedium

Assesses understanding of address resolution and network fundamentals.

arpNetworkingZillow
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SQL & Data Manipulation3 questions + 3 drills · ~55 min
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Behavioral & Leadership6 questions · ~50 min
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More topics2 questions · ~17 min
Zillow Property Data Ingestion PipelineHard

Tests your pipeline design for correctness, throughput, and data freshness across Zillow data sources.

data integrationETLBatch ProcessingZillow
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