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Software Development Engineer Interview Experience - Seattle, Washington

December 1, 2012
Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I was asked to solve a problem in Java and submit the code. They were impressed enough to schedule two phone interviews, and again, I performed well enough that I was invited for an on-site interview in Seattle. I lived out of town, about 3 hours away, so I had to drive in for the interview.

I had 5 interviews, which seemed to progress in order of seniority. Everything went pretty well, I thought, but I never heard back from anyone. I even sent a follow-up email a week later, politely asking if they needed any more information, but never heard a thing.

In my opinion, it's extremely unprofessional to ignore a candidate after they've written a code sample, completed two phone interviews, and participated in 5 hours of on-site interviews. I was not impressed with the recruiting process.

Questions

None, mostly questions right out of popular coding interview books.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 37 interview experiences for the Zillow Software Development Engineer role in Seattle, Washington.

Success Rate

24%
Pass Rate

Zillow's interview process for their Software Development Engineer roles in Seattle, Washington is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive59%
Neutral14%
Negative27%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Zillow's Software Development Engineer interview process in Seattle, Washington.

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