ZipRecruiter Software Engineer - New Grad interview questions
based on 7 ratings - Updated Jan 8, 2026
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Software Engineer - New Grad applicants have rated the interview process at ZipRecruiter with 2.9 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 29% positive. To compare, the company-average is 42.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer - New Grad roles take an average of 11 days to get hired, when considering 7 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at ZipRecruiter overall takes an average of 19 days.
Common stages of the interview process at ZipRecruiter as a Software Engineer - New Grad according to 7 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 50%
Skills test: 50%
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Just gave an OA for software engineer new grad, it was pretty difficult, Be prepared before you give it. It was building a banking system, i used python but it was really difficult and couldn;t get through all the test cases.
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Question 1
It was an online assessment to build a banking system
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at ZipRecruiter in Nov 2025
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I did a technical phone call after passing the OA. It was pretty simple and the recruiter just asked behavorial questions and explained how the interview process would take place.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at ZipRecruiter
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The prescreen interview was an online coding assessment on code signal. There were four problems in total. I was given an hour to complete all of them. There were two easy ones and two more difficult ones.
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Question 1
Find the length of the longest common prefix between two arrays of integers.