Software Development Engineer Intern Interview Experience - Seattle, Washington
Process
I came to campus and emailed them afterwards. I was sent two coding questions.
A few days later, I had a phone interview. During the interview, I was asked about the Big O notation for binary trees and heaps. I was also asked to discuss an algorithm for finding the common ancestor in a tree.
I was contacted for an onsite interview a few days after that. I was told it would last 2-4 hours.
With each of my three interviewers, they asked about things on my resume, and then we worked on some code. One question involved implementing a merge sort using two linked lists.
Everyone was friendly and easy to talk with.
Questions
What structure would you use if you wanted to keep track of the median and needed to insert?
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 4 interview experiences for the Zillow Software Development Engineer Intern role in Seattle, Washington.
Success Rate
Zillow's interview process for their Software Development Engineer Intern roles in Seattle, Washington is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Zillow's Software Development Engineer Intern interview process in Seattle, Washington.
Zillow Work Experiences
- 5.0Software Development EngineerSoftware Development Engineer Intern • Former EmployeeSeattle, Washington, United StatesAugust 24, 2016Pros: Great perks, great pay, great location! Cool projects that actually helped the company.Cons: No free lunch (only free snacks), pay not the absolute best, relatively long interview process.
- 5.0Great Perks, Growing PainsSoftware Development Engineer Intern • Current EmployeeSeattle, Washington, United StatesAugust 20, 2015Pros: Awesome place to work! I absolutely loved my internship. Pros: - Great pay ($36/hr) - Free (very nice) housing in downtown Seattle - Great, helpful, friendly co-workers - Lots of fun events (jet skis, movies, whirly ball, rafting, etc.) - You hear loads of upper management and executives speak - Learn a ton about enterprise-level web development - Small enough company that the work you do is visible and impactfulCons: Zillow's growth means there are lots of growing pains: * There is great difficulty deprecating anything. * Similarly, bad architecture only gets worse as things grow. * There were a lot of struggles around the testing framework when I was around.
- 4.0Zillow Intern ExperienceSoftware Development Engineer Intern • Former EmployeeSeattle, Washington, United StatesOctober 25, 2014Pros: Fun atmosphere, lots of free food, great salary, big impact on the site. We played ping pong a lot while waiting for code to compile. Really great view of Seattle.Cons: The work I was doing wasn't the kind of thing I wanted to be doing for the rest of my life. I needed something more challenging than front-end website work.
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