Zillow Mock Interview

Practice 30 Zillow interview questions covering product thinking, data analysis, and real estate tech.

Question 24 of 30

What challenges are you looking for in your next position?

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Rachelle Enns is an interview coach and job search expert. She works with candidates to perform their best in employment, medical, and post-secondary admission interviews.

Your interviewer understands that a career minded individual is looking the perfect position as much as they are looking for the perfect candidate. So this question centers around those career developing challenges you hope to face next, and how those challenges might present themselves in this opportunity with Zillow.

Rachelle Enns

Rachelle Enns is an interview coach and job search expert. She works with candidates to perform their best in employment, medical, and post-secondary admission interviews.

"When I started looking for a new developer job, I determined that it was important to find a role with a company that embraces the latest and greatest in systems and software. My current organization is very 'old-school' in their systems, and I do not want to fall behind in my technical abilities. I appreciate that you work with the latest software and are often the first to market with many solutions."

Rachelle Enns

Rachelle Enns is an interview coach and job search expert. She works with candidates to perform their best in employment, medical, and post-secondary admission interviews.

"For the past six years, I have worked for a wonderful startup with great clients; however, I now have bigger fish to fry! I want to take on a role like this one where I can disrupt a very traditional real estate industry. To be more specific, I also want to learn more about cloud-based data solutions like EMR, Redshift, and Kinesis. I know that Zillow will be able to offer this challenge and I look forward to growing my career with you."

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I would like to grow and evolve with this company. I have lots to offer in a variety of roles and I am excited to learn anything new. I never stop challenging myself and growing in new ways and skills.

Stephanie's Feedback

While your response is very positive, it needs to be a bit more detailed and creative/ What exactly does it mean for you to "grow and evolve?" Rather than sharing that you're excited to learn "anything new," I suggest specifically stating key areas/initiatives/projects that you're excited about learning more about or contributing to. Being specific will help your response to stand out.

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The most elaborate spreadsheet I ever built stratified my mid-cap universe of companies by dividend yield profile rather than standard industry groupings and led me to a differentiated insight that mid-cap dividend payers outperform. Today, in my spare time I am learning Python so that I can apply more robust methods to help solve the housing puzzle faster and with more data.

Cindy's Feedback

Interesting! How far have you gotten with Python? Are you able to discuss in more detail what the programming language will help you accomplish?

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30Zillow Interview Questions & Answers

Experience

1.How is Zillow transforming the future of real estate?

Experience

2.Who are Zillow's top competitors? Name one factor we do better than the rest.

Education

3.Zillow is seeking candidates who possess a degree in Computer Science or another technical discipline. Walk me through your education.

Experience

4.We primarily lean on React, Redux, Node.js, Java, Python, and SQL. With which language are you most familiar?

Experience

5.If you had to choose just one, what would you consider your primary technical specialty?

Education

6.In your opinion, describe the most exciting advancement in the real estate industry this year?

Experience

7.What types of industries have your previous projects focused on?

Experience

8.Zillow hosts regular hackathons to encourage innovation and autonomy. When have you created a new product, service, or process with the help of your team?

Experience

9.Pick an app on your phone and sell it to me.

Experience

10.This role with Zillow is highly technical. What is your understanding of this position and the responsibilities that come with it?

Experience

11.The online property listing services industry is highly competitive. How will you help Zillow stay ahead of its competitors?

Experience

12.Market research is at the heart of what we do at Zillow. How do you approach a project before embarking on it?

Experience

13.What do you know about Zillow's workplace culture?

Experience

14.Zillow encourages cross-departmental collaboration. Do you have experience collaborating between developers, designers, and other stakeholders?

Experience

15.Describe an ongoing issue at your current job that you successfully resolved.

Experience

16.Zillow operates in an ever-shifting industry. What is the most significant shift you have had to deal with in your career?

Behavioral

17.How do you react when dissatisfied with the quality of, or the outcome of, your work?

Career Goals

18.If we chose to hire you, where do you envision your career heading in 12 months from now?

Experience

19.If offered this role at Zillow, how will you go about building relationships with your new coworkers and supervisors?

Behavioral

20.What type of work environment do you require to be the most productive?

Experience

21.In your current position, have you taken on tasks which fell outside of your wheelhouse? How did you succeed?

Experience

22.Zillow is innovating the real estate industry. What does the word 'innovation' mean to you?

Experience

23.Tell me about a time when you successfully prioritized your tasks and completing a project on schedule.

Career Goals

24.What challenges are you looking for in your next position?

Behavioral

25.What is your first reaction when you realize you’ve make a mistake?

Behavioral

26.Zillow is always on the lookout for future leaders in our company. What do you see as the most challenging task a manager faces?

Experience

27.After you implement a solution to a problem, how do you test the effectiveness of that solution?

Behavioral

28.Why should Zillow hire you?

Career Goals

29.If you had half of a million dollars to build your own business, what would you do?

Behavioral

Zillow Mock Interview

What challenges are you looking for in your next position?

30Zillow Interview Questions & Answers

1.How is Zillow transforming the future of real estate?

2.Who are Zillow's top competitors? Name one factor we do better than the rest.

3.Zillow is seeking candidates who possess a degree in Computer Science or another technical discipline. Walk me through your education.

4.We primarily lean on React, Redux, Node.js, Java, Python, and SQL. With which language are you most familiar?

5.If you had to choose just one, what would you consider your primary technical specialty?

6.In your opinion, describe the most exciting advancement in the real estate industry this year?

7.What types of industries have your previous projects focused on?

8.Zillow hosts regular hackathons to encourage innovation and autonomy. When have you created a new product, service, or process with the help of your team?

9.Pick an app on your phone and sell it to me.

10.This role with Zillow is highly technical. What is your understanding of this position and the responsibilities that come with it?

11.The online property listing services industry is highly competitive. How will you help Zillow stay ahead of its competitors?

12.Market research is at the heart of what we do at Zillow. How do you approach a project before embarking on it?

13.What do you know about Zillow's workplace culture?

14.Zillow encourages cross-departmental collaboration. Do you have experience collaborating between developers, designers, and other stakeholders?

15.Describe an ongoing issue at your current job that you successfully resolved.

16.Zillow operates in an ever-shifting industry. What is the most significant shift you have had to deal with in your career?

17.How do you react when dissatisfied with the quality of, or the outcome of, your work?

18.If we chose to hire you, where do you envision your career heading in 12 months from now?

19.If offered this role at Zillow, how will you go about building relationships with your new coworkers and supervisors?

20.What type of work environment do you require to be the most productive?

21.In your current position, have you taken on tasks which fell outside of your wheelhouse? How did you succeed?

22.Zillow is innovating the real estate industry. What does the word 'innovation' mean to you?

23.Tell me about a time when you successfully prioritized your tasks and completing a project on schedule.

24.What challenges are you looking for in your next position?

25.What is your first reaction when you realize you’ve make a mistake?

26.Zillow is always on the lookout for future leaders in our company. What do you see as the most challenging task a manager faces?

27.After you implement a solution to a problem, how do you test the effectiveness of that solution?

28.Why should Zillow hire you?

29.If you had half of a million dollars to build your own business, what would you do?

30.If you had to give a TED Talk tomorrow, what topic would you choose?