Realtor.com Software Engineer Interview Questions
& Process
Real candidates share what happened, how many rounds they had,
and how the experience turned out.
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Candidate interview experiences
First-hand accounts from people who interviewed at Realtor.com.
Realtor.com
Software Engineer
Senior Average Positive experience Accept offer 3 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Technical screen Onsite
Interview formats
Technical Behavioral
The interview process was quite thorough from a technical perspective, and in line with what you would expect from most large companies. Some positive highlights were the opportunity to have a quick chat with people I would work directly with, having the opportunity to understand the culture of the company as well as an interview process allows, and at least touch base with people in related areas to the main daily work thread.
Confirmed questions3 questions
- Be prepared to talk clearly about previous projects.
- Make sure to brush up on general algorithms development.
- And make sure to brush up on problem solving.
Realtor.com
Software Engineer
Intern Average Positive experience No offer 2 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Phone screen
Interview formats
Behavioral Technical
I got an email for a video call a while after applying. The video call had basic logistical questions and asked about my experience with different programming languages. The recruiter was friendly and enthusiastically answered my questions about the role. The next day, another recruiter contacted me to set up the second round with a senior and principal engineer. The second interview was with a company that was part of the realtor.com network in Chicago. The interview wasn't really technical (no leetcode), but focused on my academic project experience and teamwork-related behavioral questions. It lasted about 30-40 minutes. I haven't heard back after a few weeks, so I probably didn't get the job.
Confirmed questions1 question
- Regarding your past projects, what exactly was your contribution?
Realtor.com
Principal Software Engineer
Staff Average Negative experience No offer 1 round
Interview process
Take home
Interview formats
Coding
The instructions for their take-home assignment were confusing. It asked for a common solution to a puzzle, but the junior engineer involved didn't know how to install Node.js packages for TypeScript or fix a permissions error on his own machine. He tried to blame me, and a senior engineer had to step in, but it was too late and made things unclear. They really need to improve their instructions. They also started asking for things not in the original instructions, trying to change them after the fact. HR should train them and check assignments before sending them out. It made the company look bad. Anyway, a much more reputable company hired me on the spot today after a code sample and conversation. These code tests are getting ridiculous, I wouldn't do them unless I was desperate. I only did this one because I was referred by a connection. I have years of experience; code tests are for juniors.
Confirmed questions1 question
- How many hours were spent on the silly take-home puzzles?
Realtor.com Software Engineer Interview Questions
Quoted word for word from Realtor.com interview reports.
“Given an array and a target value, find the indices of the two elements that sum up to the target.”
Read reports →“Can you write a function that takes a sentence and returns the longest word in it?”
Read reports →“How do you iterate through a linked list once to find the middle element?”
Read reports →“There were two kangaroos jumping from different points. Will they ever meet on an infinite x-axis? What if they don't?”
Read reports →“Given two numbers, how do you count the even numbers between them? For example, between 3 and 11, the even numbers are 4, 6, 8, 10, so the count is 4.”
Read report →“What is the path of maximum sum in a Tree Data Structure?”
Read report →“How would you use a scale to find the least weight ball?”
Read report →“Explain DNS. What are the different types, like CNAME and A TYPE, and their differences?”
Read report →“What are the differences between EBS, Ephemeral, SSD, S3, and Glacier?”
Read report →Formats, difficulty and experience
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