Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at The Zappos Family with 3.1 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 51% positive. To compare, the company-average is 60.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 22 days to get hired, when considering 38 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at The Zappos Family overall takes an average of 34 days.
Common stages of the interview process at The Zappos Family as a Software Engineer according to 38 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 26%
Skills test: 23%
One on one interview: 14%
Personality test: 14%
Group panel interview: 9%
Background check: 6%
Presentation: 5%
IQ intelligence test: 2%
Other: 2%
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I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at The Zappos Family (Las Vegas, NV) in Mar 2016
Interview
The interview process was horrifically long. My recruiters were non-responsive throughout the process and when I finally got to the onsite stage of the interview, it took 4 months (and constant back and forths) for me to be reimbursed for my interview. Even for the results, I had to constantly ask the recruiter for updates. When I found out I was invited onsite, Zappos rushed me to complete my interview in the next few weeks, but they seemed to take their time when it comes to getting back to me with the results (almost 2 weeks, which was quite unusual for a tech company). They were very irresponsible and simple didn't care about recruiting. The recruiters refuse to pay for meals and check every receipt carefully and ask questions on every transaction that was made. Zappos is an extremely cheap company and would inquire even about transactions with $1. I didn't accept their offer and honestly, its not worth it to work for such a cheap and irresponsible company.
I applied online. I interviewed at The Zappos Family (Las Vegas, NV) in Jan 2022
Interview
Standard, had to do a set of brain teaser questions within 45 minutes. Difficulty was moderate, one question was about data structures and the other was basic string manipulation. The interviewer was available for questions and guided me.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Name a time in the past that you have had to contribute to a team and what you did.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at The Zappos Family
Interview
I was contacted by a recruiter based on my qualifications. I was sent a code challenge to complete over the weekend and then was scheduled for the culture fit interview. Once I completed the culture interview, I was scheduled for a technical interview with the hiring manager.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at The Zappos Family
Interview
Got contacted by an Amazon recruiter on LinkedIn to invite me to apply to one of their offers.
We then scheduled a first phone call to talk about my profile and the position.
The recruiter never called and didn't answer my LinkedIn messages afterwards.
Complete waste of time.