The Zappos Family Android Engineer Interview Questions
& Process

First, there's a code challenge where you build a basic android weather app using any weather API you like. You have a week to submit this, along with a virtual interview. The virtual interview is pretty chill, mostly getting to know you, no technical stuff. If you make the cut, they'll fly you out to Vegas for an onsite interview.

You'll start with an online coding challenge and a virtual interview. The coding part is tough, but you have a whole week for it. The virtual interview is pretty straightforward, mostly questions to get to know you and how you'd fit with the company. After that, there's an onsite interview and a tour of the facilities.

So I applied online and then got an email from a Tech HR Recruiter, I'm currently employed so it was no stress to interview and see where it went. A recruiter phone interview was set up, then a culture interview to see if I was a good culture fit. After passing that I spoke to an assistant who wanted to set up a technical interview with the team on the phone for the next day, which I did. I let them know I wasn't an expert at Java or Android, but had done some development. They asked typical questions like Polymorphism, Encapsulation, Big O Notation, etc. Also asked Android specific questions like Activites, Intents, Data objects, Concepts, Layout, 9-patch etc. I felt the interview went okay, but they could see I was willing to learn but not an expert. I didn't hear anything for 5 days, then I got an email indicating they were going to do some more interviews over the next couple of weeks and then get back to me. So 2 weeks later exactly I got another email stating they wanted me to do a coding challenge. You have 2 hours to complete the coding challenge, the end result being an actual app. I used existing code and modified it. 2 weeks pass and I get another email that the team has reviewed my submission and they would like to have a coding review call the next week. Week passes and then the coding review call occurs, asking questions about issues I had, areas of code they were curious about, why some methods were public and not private, why I didn't use ProGuard. Overall I got the impression that yes, what I had submitted in the 2 hour timeframe really wasn't that impressive. Still looks like the job is posted on their site, so dunno if they have hired someone yet.