I applied online. I interviewed at Zillow in Jul 2026
Interview
The interview scheduling experience is not friendly. I applied online, and many months later, got a text asking me to schedule an interview with no information. I tried to ask what would the interview cover, the bot just replied something like"you need to schedule first then recruiter will decide if they will contact you". Then in the call they showed up late with no apology, asked some questions likely from a pre-defined list, regardless of information I just provided.
many ml and dl questions, including basic linear regression to more advanced transformer related questions. No leetcode is required for me. And reviewers give a spcific application problem, ask to design corresponding solution/algorithm.
Applied Online. Recruiter contacted me. Scheduled a first round interview with the hiring manager after 3 weeks of our initial conversation due to the slow nature of her working.
The interview with the hiring manager was one hour - included questions about machine learning and deep learning models. Also, a system design question. I thought it went well.
And then, complete ghosting. Absolutely no response from the recruited, even after multiple emails over a span of 4 weeks.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Explain Vision transformers and CNN.
Overfitting.
Linear regression.
System design involving multi-modal GenAI models.
Applied Scientist applicants have rated the interview process at Zillow with 2.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 33% positive. To compare, the company-average is 55.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Applied Scientist roles take an average of 15 days to get hired, when considering 6 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Zillow overall takes an average of 21 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Zillow as a Applied Scientist according to 6 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 60%
One on one interview: 40%
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