Applied online.
Recruiter contacted me nearly two months later and scheduled a technical phone screen with an Airbnb engineer.
The interview was 45 minutes on CoderPad, because they want the code you write to run as opposed to usual whiteboard-type coding.
The interviewer started by patting herself on the back, pointing out that she was unbiased because she didn't look at my resume before the interview. She then proceeded to ask me to either reinvent Dijkstra's algorithm in 45 minutes or recall it from school, thereby being biased in favor of new grads or current students. Airbnb is not interested in talented engineers with 5+ years of experience.
The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the Airbnb Software Engineer role in Portland, Oregon.
Airbnb's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in Portland, Oregon is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Candidates reported having very negative feelings for Airbnb's Software Engineer interview process in Portland, Oregon.