Zipline interview notes, page 1 of 2

“Not what I was expecting.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Zipline, Onsite - System Design / Architecture round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“Talked about drone delivery and access to medicine in underserved regions, which felt right but also kind of obvious.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Zipline, Hiring Manager Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“They wanted the real solution, not just a two-stack hack that passes most cases.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Zipline, Onsite - Coding / Algorithms round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“This is the classic monotonic stack problem and I knew I'd seen it before, which somehow made it worse because I second-guessed myself the whole time.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Zipline, 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 where I spent most of my mental energy.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Zipline, Onsite - System Design / Architecture round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“This one took a while to scope properly.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Zipline, Take-home Assignment round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“This one is bigger than it looks.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Zipline, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“Classic monotonic stack problem.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Zipline, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“This was the whole interview.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Zipline, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“The OOP design part was fine but I underestimated how much they'd scrutinize interface definitions before letting us move forward.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Zipline, Onsite - Coding / Algorithms round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.