I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Zillow (Seattle, WA) in Jan 2019
Interview
Applied online. Initially had a phone call with a recruiter, who set up a technical phone screen with an engineer. After clearing that was invited onsite. 5 one on one rounds.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Algorithms and Data Structure coding * 2, system design * 1, behavioral + easy coding * 2
I'm sorry to see you had a negative interview experience. If you have any additional context to provide around your interview process, I would love to hear from you. Please reach out to me at annie@zillowgroup.com. Thank you! - Annie Rihn
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I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Zillow (San Francisco, CA) in Apr 2022
Interview
First I had a relatively reasonable tech screen composed of an easy algorithm question followed by a general Android knowledge quiz including a poorly chosen lifecycle question, concerning an incoming call. When I asked, they failed to clarify whether they were referring to the full screen activity or the bubble notifications that I think are used on modern phones. I told them I wasn't really sure what lifecycle callbacks if any would happen to the activity below, and I'd have to add logging.
The onsite was four separate interviews, which were kind of lame honestly. They were heavier on Android knowledge than programming, but even more time was spent on behavioral questions than either of those. I'd characterize the coding questions as easy or on the easy end of medium leetCode. Silly thing is they would talk about other topics until only 5-10 minutes remained in the session, then spend a couple more minutes giving an incomplete explanation, leaving me no time to read or think about the question.. They also messed up a couple of their test cases, to make things more confusing. The android domain knowledge focused on only a couple very specific areas, and there was no worthwhile discussion of app architecture.
The recruiter told me they'd give me a decision the following day, and then simply never got back to me.
I mean, it was different than the first time I interviewed with them several years back, when they didn't get back to me until several months later, after I'd already accepted another position elsewhere. Ultimately though I was disappointed in their process yet again. I wouldn't waste your time.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
It would be inappropriate to give away their interview questions, particularly since they, like every other tech company have you sign an NDA.