Zillow Interview Questions

Application

I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Zillow.

Interview

- Informational call with recruiter
- Technical phone screen with hiring manager (60 min)
- Onsite interview: 5 technical interviews + (non-scored) lunch interview

Most of the interviews were with potential teammates or adjacent teams. Each interview was pretty well-structured: "I'm going to start by X, then Y, then Z, then leave time for your questions at the end." Each interview included a "culture fit" question as well; together, these mean that the coding portion of the hour was smaller than at some other companies.

Application

I applied online. I interviewed at Zillow.

Interview

The interview process was 3 rounds: the first round was a take-home challenge. Then, the second round was a phone call with the manager. And the final one was onsite.

Application

I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3+ months. I interviewed at Zillow (New York, NY) in March 2020.

Interview

The interview planning process was we'll structured and the coordinator provided all the necessary info on times, parking, etc. Logistics of the day all went well.

Interviews were split between behavioral questions and white boarding exercises. All interviewers were friendly and interviews had a relaxed feel. All interviewers left plenty of time for questions.

Where the process really fell apart was with communication from recruiting. The recruiter told me that it would take at least a week between each step to hear back. In reality, I'd wait a week and then have to ask for an update. In the end, I've been ghosted by recruiting, and will just need to assume they decided not to move forward.

Application

I applied through other source. I interviewed at Zillow.

Interview

Quick
Did not include take home project
Recruiter was great and super outgoing
Included mock phone call/role play
Multiple back to back in-person interviews that were 30 min each

Application

I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Zillow.

Interview

Recruiter reached out on email. Initial conversation with recruiter to learn about interests so he could match me with an internal org. After that, tech screen scheduled with in a week. Very nice interviewer who provided positive feedback and encouragement as I solved problems. Sometimes, interviewers just sit silently judging you; but listening to positive feedback takes any hesitation and nervousness out. Feedback provided in 2 business days. On-site scheduled a week after. Results shared in 3 days with an offer a couple of days after

Application

The process took 2+ weeks. I interviewed at Zillow (Seattle, WA).

Interview

Recruiter reached out to me did a phone screen then sent me an assignment to predict housing prices. The recruiter said results will be discussed with the hiring manager.
There were no specific instructions on how to write the report or what to include.
They said it should take 5-10 hours.
I tried to stick to that time limit, I wrote a report summarizing my final selected model assuming discussion with the team would elaborate more on the process.
Recruiter said they decided not to move forward because the hiring manager thought there are no enough figures or data in the report!
I was very disappointed because I assumed that it’s only fair for any candidate who spent time working on some assignment to at least get the chance to discuss it, especially if the reason is the report not long enough!!!
I told the recruiter I’ve got all that but wasn’t sure what to include and that it’s only fair to talk about the findings! Of course never heard back.
I have a PhD in spatial statistics so I sure know how to write a report or compare models!
Very disappointing and disrespectful to the candidates.

Application

I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Zillow in February 2020.

Interview

There was a telephonic round that was done by a software engineer. He started off by explaining his role at Zillow and then asked about my learning goals and interests. He then asked me about the projects that I had worked on.

Application

I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Zillow (San Francisco, CA).

Interview

The interview process went smoothly enough and goes along the lines of other interviews I've been a part of. Phone screen with recruiter, technical phone screen, then onsite.

However, the overall experience was extremely frustrating as I did receive a verbal offer, only to have it rescinded a few days later when I inquired about the status of the written offer. As a candidate, this was obviously extremely disheartening and disappointing. I was given the reason that management had changed the requirements of the role and had to pass on me as a result. As a professional courtesy, one would think this should have been settled upon before a verbal offer.

Whatever the reason, I sincerely hope this doesn't happen on a regular basis to candidates interviewing for Zillow.

Interview

Thirty minute video interview, then a week to hear back from them. There wasn't much direction on what to expect during the interview, which made it difficult. Recruiters were not very responsive to my communications.

Application

I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Zillow (Seattle, WA) in January 2020.

Interview

Phone screen with the recruiter that lasted about 15 minutes. The next step was a 30 minute video phone interview with the hiring manager using the Blue Jean app. It was user friendly as well. The last was a 2.5 hour in person interview with 6 different people asking behavioral questions; each interviewer had 30 minutes.

Application

I applied online. I interviewed at Zillow.

Interview

I applied online and got into the interview process. They sent me a machine learning project on predicting the housing prices with one week time period for completing the project. After that, I was invited for a phone interview that included behavioral questions and questions about the machine learning project that I did for them.