I had a first-round telephone interview, and then I was brought in for an on-site interview that lasted about 4 1/2 hours with 5 people (including 3 technical rounds).

This position was also listed as a remote opportunity, but it was changed to on-site at the last minute. I was extremely excited about this position until that happened.

Zillow has an open-office environment. No one, not even managers, has their own office. As an introvert, my stomach sank when I toured the floor.

I'm betting companies like Zillow are missing out on a lot of talent by having this setup and not allowing remote work. Open offices are not for everyone.

Imagine you are trying to cross a stream full of rocks. Write an algorithm to determine if you can make it to the other side with the following assumptions:

• A rock is represented as a 1, and water is represented as 0. So, a stream of rocks could be represented as [1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1].
• With each jump to a rock, the next maximum distance you can jump is equal to the previous jump + 1. Starting out, you can only jump from index 0 to index 1 (if there's a rock at index 1). From index 1, you can jump to index 2 or 3 (if there's a rock). From index 2, you can jump to indices 3, 4, or 5, and so on.