Zillow interview notes, page 1 of 2

“Seemed straightforward at first and I jumped into code before thinking through the error case, which bit me.” The rest of the author's notes on Machine Learning Engineer interview at Zillow, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“This question is broader than it sounds and I kind of learned that the hard way.” The rest of the author's notes on Machine Learning Engineer interview at Zillow, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“The heap angle is pretty obvious once you think about it for a minute, keep a min-heap of size k and the top is always your answer.” The rest of the author's notes on Machine Learning Engineer interview at Zillow, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“This one took me a second to get my footing.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Zillow, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“The company-swap framing threw me a little.” The rest of the author's notes on Product Manager interview at Zillow, Onsite - Product Sense / Strategy round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“This is a meaty one if you've never thought about real estate data at scale.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Zillow, Onsite - System Design / Architecture round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“The pseudocode-only part was a relief but I still overcomplicated the state structure early on.” The rest of the author's notes on Machine Learning Engineer interview at Zillow, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“Spent the first minute second-guessing whether to anchor on supply, demand, or some combined engagement signal.” The rest of the author's notes on Product Manager interview at Zillow, Onsite - Product Sense / Strategy round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“My first instinct was brute force, enumerate every subarray, track min and max, done.” The rest of the author's notes on Machine Learning Engineer interview at Zillow, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“This is basically a culture value question dressed up as a behavioral one.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Zillow, Onsite - Behavioral / Leadership round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.