The process starts with a phone screen, which is easy enough as long as you've done some basic research on the company. The next step is a technical screen with another engineer, who will ask you to solve their favorite programming problem. As others have noted, getting to the correct solution doesn't mean you will pass. Their standards seem arbitrary to say the least; it's not clear what they're looking for. On the positive side, all involved were timely and polite.
Failed at HR call. Profile might not be that much match, they are looking for backend leaning role but I did more front end works instead. HR might not look up my resume carefully.
I applied in-person. I interviewed at Opendoor (Seattle, WA) in Oct 2025
Interview
Very easy and straightforward very nice people enjoyed the conversation that we had a lot and benefitted a lot from it so I would thank them for that
Overall the interview is structured and chill and straightforward with a pretty laid back vibe
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Opendoor
Interview
There was a phone screen which was followed by an onsite interview with 4-5 interviews, some technical, others behavioral. It was interesting that they included some ML-based questions in the SWE interview. Afterward, I heard back pretty quickly.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Design a search service that will return all of the names that start with a given string that is optimized for speed.
