I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Opendoor (San Francisco, CA) in July 2017
Interview
Had an initial call with a recruiter, who immediately scheduled me for a phone screen. During my phone screen, I was asked a pretty simple coding question, which I found a solution for in about 20 minutes. With some help from my interviewer I optimized it even further with about 15- 20 minutes to spare. Got a rejection a few days later. As others have said their standards seem arbitrary, getting the answer right doesn't necessarily mean you'll move to the next round.
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 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.