1. What is your first reaction when you realize you’ve make a mistake?
2. How do you react when dissatisfied with the quality of, or the outcome of, your work?
3. What type of work environment do you require to be the most productive?
4. Zillow is always on the lookout for future leaders in our company. What do you see as the most challenging task a manager faces?
5. Why should Zillow hire you?
6. If you had to give a TED Talk tomorrow, what topic would you choose?
7. If you had half of a million dollars to build your own business, what would you do?
8. What challenges are you looking for in your next position?
9. If we chose to hire you, where do you envision your career heading in 12 months from now?
10. In your opinion, describe the most exciting advancement in the real estate industry this year?
11. Zillow is seeking candidates who possess a degree in Computer Science or another technical discipline. Walk me through your education.
12. After you implement a solution to a problem, how do you test the effectiveness of that solution?
13. Zillow operates in an ever-shifting industry. What is the most significant shift you have had to deal with in your career?
14. Tell me about a time when you successfully prioritized your tasks and completing a project on schedule.
15. Zillow is innovating the real estate industry. What does the word 'innovation' mean to you?
16. In your current position, have you taken on tasks which fell outside of your wheelhouse? How did you succeed?
17. If offered this role at Zillow, how will you go about building relationships with your new coworkers and supervisors?
18. How is Zillow transforming the future of real estate?
19. Describe an ongoing issue at your current job that you successfully resolved.
20. Zillow encourages cross-departmental collaboration. Do you have experience collaborating between developers, designers, and other stakeholders?
21. What do you know about Zillow's workplace culture?
22. Market research is at the heart of what we do at Zillow. How do you approach a project before embarking on it?
23. The online property listing services industry is highly competitive. How will you help Zillow stay ahead of its competitors?
24. This role with Zillow is highly technical. What is your understanding of this position and the responsibilities that come with it?
25. Pick an app on your phone and sell it to me.
26. 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?
27. What types of industries have your previous projects focused on?
28. If you had to choose just one, what would you consider your primary technical specialty?
29. We primarily lean on React, Redux, Node.js, Java, Python, and SQL. With which language are you most familiar?
30. Who are Zillow's top competitors? Name one factor we do better than the rest.