I applied online. I interviewed at Zillow in Feb 2021
Interview
First, a recruiter had a phone screening. And then schedule a phone technical interview with HackerRank.
The technical interview is a medium difficulty algorithm question. I didn't finish it but almost done. The interviewer added 1-2 lines to finish it. I don't want to say she is rude. She just said time's up, the recruiter would contact me, and then hung up, no other chat. What I want to complain about is a lot of Internet companies interview LeetCode questions, does it make sense? I admit I am not very good at LeetCode. But I think what precious things of a senior engineer are the experience and the technical capabilities in their field. I work in the daytime and I have family and kids, I don't have more time to practice LeetCode than full-time students. I have over 10 years of working experience. If I don't practice LeetCode, does it mean I will have fewer chances than a non-experience candidate? Why don't these companies interview working experience and technical details of the position's fields as the first step?
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
A medium difficulty algorithm question. The question is very long, I spent a while figuring it out.
Thank you for sharing your experience interviewing with Zillow. I am sorry to hear that the experience was less than ideal. I will work with our interviewers to make sure they provide a pleasant and personable phone interview experience. You can reach me at annie@zillowgroup.com if you have more to share. -Annie Rihn, VP of Recruiting
I interviewed at Zillow in Feb 2023
Interview
1 technical interview. Leetcode type question
Then a virtual onsite with 2 technical interviews (build a hash table, build a data cache), one architecture walkthrough (how you would build a screen), and one behavioral.
I applied online. I interviewed at Zillow (Seattle, WA) in Apr 2021
Interview
Applied online. Had a screening interview with the recruiter. After which I was invited for a pair programming interview online and onsite
1 - phone screen (Data Structure and Algorithm) with two iOS Engineer.
5 - Virtual Onsite Interview (Data Structure and Algorithm, behavioral & System Design )
Thanks for taking the time to interview at Zillow and for sharing your experience! If there's anything else you'd like to add, feel free to reach out to me directly at annie@zillowgroup.com. -Annie Rihn, VP of Recruiting