Great Perks, Growing Pains
Great Perks, Growing Pains
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 impactful
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.
Continue to try and move fast, think big. As the company grows, it's going to make or break.
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Software Development Engineer Intern
I initially contacted the company through a university job fair. After a week, they emailed me two coding questions (data structure, string manipulation) and asked me to write functions to solve each. Once my answers were reviewed, I was invited fo
Software Development Engineer Intern
I applied online and they contacted me within a week. They sent me a coding question. The question was: "Write code for a trinary tree with three nodes (left or lesser value, middle or equal value, right or higher value)." I submitted my response w
Software Development Engineer Intern
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
Software Development Engineer Intern
Seattle, Washington, United StatesFebruary 1, 2012I initially contacted the company through a university job fair. After a week, they emailed me two coding questions (data structure, string manipulation) and asked me to write functions to solve each. Once my answers were reviewed, I was invited fo
Software Development Engineer Intern
Seattle, Washington, United StatesFebruary 1, 2013I applied online and they contacted me within a week. They sent me a coding question. The question was: "Write code for a trinary tree with three nodes (left or lesser value, middle or equal value, right or higher value)." I submitted my response w
Software Development Engineer Intern
Seattle, Washington, United StatesFebruary 1, 2013I 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
