What the QuintoAndar interview is like

What QuintoAndar does and who it hires

QuintoAndar describes itself as the largest real estate ecosystem in Latin America, with a technology hub in Portugal and a valuation of more than USD 5.1 billion. Its technology page mentions 830 people in Product and Technology.

The technology team is remote-first: people work from home and can live anywhere in Brazil, with optional use of offices or coworking spaces.

The stages, in order

The official process page lists six stages, taking about 30 days, and notes that they can change order or be skipped in some cases: application and screening, online test (a challenge with a deadline that you may present later), recruiter, area leadership, stakeholder (someone outside the team) and offer. For engineering, the 2026 posts spell it out:

• Senior Software Engineer (40 days on average): application, interview with recruiters, tech screening with the engineering team (coding interview), technical interviews with live architecture cases, and offer.
• Staff Software Engineer: application, technical CV screening, People interview with recruiters, tech screening with a live code case, technical interviews (architecture cases and tech leadership), and offer.
• Affirmative-action openings keep the same stages and evaluation methods.

What each stage tests

The official technical interview guide sums it up: they want to understand how you think, solve problems and collaborate. They value clarity and well-structured reasoning, not just reaching the right answer.

• Recruiter: background and culture fit. A 2026 candidate reports that this call also checked their English level.
• Coding interview: algorithms and data structures in an online IDE. That candidate reports LeetCode-style live coding on Codility; another 2026 candidate describes a more relaxed round focused on object orientation and the language.
• Architecture cases: live system design. The 2026 candidate reports two system design rounds.
• Tech leadership (staff) and stakeholder: how you influence and how you work with people outside your team.

Typical technical topics

QuintoAndar publishes guides by role (Data Engineer, Machine Learning, Data Scientist). The Data Engineer guide shows the format: three rounds of about an hour each.

• Live modelling and SQL: aggregations and window functions.
• Coding: algorithms and data structures in Python, in an online IDE.
• System design: data pipelines with bronze, silver and gold layers, drawn in FigJam.
• For software engineering: live code with complexity (Big-O) and architecture cases, per the posts.

Can you use AI in the process?

QuintoAndar has an official AI guide for candidates. You may use it to prepare and polish your CV. In a take-home challenge it can support you, but you must master and be able to explain all of it. In live technical, case and behavioural interviews, AI replacing your reasoning is not allowed.

Which language the interview is in

The Senior Software Engineer post asks for fluent Portuguese and advanced English, and explains that the team usually writes code, documentation and tools in English. The Staff post says excellent spoken and written English is mandatory. QuintoAndar does not publish the language of each interview; candidates describe a process in Portuguese with a check of your English in the recruiter call.

Tips

• Learn the values before the first call: Delight customers, Aim high, Winning team, Dive deep, Make it happen, Make it great, Enjoy the ride and Do what is right. A QuintoAndar tech recruiter recommends this on the process page.
• Prepare project examples with results and lessons learned.
• Practise with the Codility sample test and HackerRank, and learn the online IDE's features before the day (official guide).
• In system design, start simple and then iterate (official guide).
• Find a quiet place and a good connection, and bring questions: the official page calls the process a two-way street.

Practise the QuintoAndar interview with Entrevia

Paste the real QuintoAndar job post and your CV, and rehearse the coding interview or an architecture case out loud with an AI interviewer, in Portuguese, English, Spanish or French. At the end you get a scored debrief: which answers landed, which stayed vague and what you would be asked next.

You can try a free 7-turn web demo without signing up. A free account gives you 2 full interviews. Premium, in the iOS app, costs US$11.99 a month, US$29.99 for 3 months or US$59.99 a year.

Frequently asked questions

How long does the QuintoAndar hiring process take?

The official page says about 30 days, and the Senior Software Engineer post says 40 days on average.

Is the QuintoAndar interview in English?

QuintoAndar does not say per stage. Engineering posts ask for fluent Portuguese and advanced English, and candidates report that the recruiter call checks your English.

Does QuintoAndar do live coding?

Yes. The senior post includes a coding interview with the engineering team and the staff post a live code case. Candidates report it runs on Codility.

What is the stakeholder interview?

One of the stages on the official process page: an interview with someone who is not part of the team you would join.

Can I use AI in the QuintoAndar process?

To prepare, yes. In a take-home, as support, as long as you can explain all of it. In live interviews it cannot replace your reasoning.

Is QuintoAndar remote?

The technology team is remote-first: you can live anywhere in Brazil, with optional use of offices or coworking spaces.

Sources

• QuintoAndar: nosso processo seletivo
• QuintoAndar: technical interview guide
• QuintoAndar: Data Engineer interview guide
• QuintoAndar: AI use in the hiring process
• QuintoAndar: Senior Software Engineer post
• QuintoAndar: Staff Software Engineer post
• QuintoAndar: our technology team
• Glassdoor: QuintoAndar interview reports