I applied online and, within a few days, received an email from their recruiter to set up an initial screen. We scheduled a call for the next day. The interview felt more like a casual conversation than an interview. During the call, she let me know the next steps would be to complete a coding exercise. She sent me the exercise within minutes of our call ending. The exercise was fairly easy; I finished it that day and emailed the details back that evening.

Unfortunately, the original position I applied for went away. The recruiter called me to let me know but also said there was a similar position about to be posted with a different team, and she promised she would walk my resume down to the hiring manager herself when the job posted. In my opinion, this goes above and beyond. Most other recruiters would have sent an email saying, "Sorry, the position is gone. Better luck next time." But not her. I received an email a week or so later saying the hiring manager for the new position wanted to move forward to the next step. I didn't even have to do another coding exercise!

I had a 30-minute tech interview with the hiring manager. The call went well, and he told me that the recruiter would be in contact to set up the next steps. About a week or so later, I went in for the in-person interview. It was roughly 4 hours with 4 different people, 1 hour each. Even though it was more technical, it still felt just like having a conversation – a lot of back and forth, just bouncing ideas off each other.

Two days after the in-person interview, I got a call from the recruiter with an offer, which I happily accepted! The interview/recruiting process with Zillow has been by far the best experience I've ever had. They have a great recruiting team!

Signed the NDA.