The interview process was pretty in-depth and required a lot of time, but everyone involved in the process from start-to-finish really makes it all worth while (aside from the actual job being interviewed for itself!). I went through a couple phone interviews and was flown out to Seattle for a day of interviews and I felt so at home at Zillow (and even the hotel chosen). I first gave a presentation to the entire Zillow Design Team, then about five 1:1's. During my presentation, and especially during my 1:1's, I felt heard and appreciated. HR also makes sure you have lunch, coffee, and snacks... Anything you could think of throughout the ~5 hour day. All travel related expenses are taken care of as well.

I was first contacted by a recruiter for a phone screening that was about 15 minutes and she claimed that I would hear back soon to see if I would get another interview and if I had any questions to email her. She kept in touch with me throughout the process but in the middle of waiting for another interview the recruiter claimed that there was another candidate that was being highly considered and that it was implied I wouldn't get contacted again, this was over a month of keeping in contact with this recruiter. 2 weeks later another recruiter contacted me and set up a date an time to talk to the hiring manager. I had an interview with the hiring manager and then got contacted by another recruiter to set an in-person interview. I wasn't aware that I had to prepare a half hour presentation for the interviewing panel and that the interview would last at least 4 hours until the day before the interview.