Software Engineer 1 applicants have rated the interview process at Redfin with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 60.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Common stages of the interview process at Redfin as a Software Engineer 1 according to 1 Glassdoor interviews include:
Presentation: 33%
One on one interview: 33%
Phone interview: 33%
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I applied online. I interviewed at Redfin (Seattle, WA) in Jun 2025
Interview
There was 1 behavioral 30 minute round. 2nd round was technical and behavioral and 45 minutes long. Behavioral was with very kind and well researched talent acquisition employee. Technical was with engineering team manager.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I was told by recruiter in an email that the technical interview would be “60-70%” spent on coding and the rest behavioral. In reality, I was given at most 20 out of the 45 minutes to solve a Leetcode medium. It was a “magic elevator” question. I was supposed to code a few functions that would mimic a complex elevator. Interviewer was not very collaborative and sometimes just silently watched as I asked important questions about the code.
First there was an over-the-phone interview with a leetcode easy problem. After that I was invited to Seattle for a final round of interviews.
In the final round I was asked 2-3 different leetcode easy to medium questions by software developers. I was also asked a couple questions by an engineering manager. At the end a senior developer asked me an OOP question.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Can't say due to an NDA, however make sure you know OOP, for example, you should be able to talk about designing a game like pong. Probably should start from user requirements.