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Software Engineer Interview Experience - San Francisco, California

April 1, 2015
Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Overall, it was a pleasant process. I had one phone screen and was brought onsite next week. The onsite interview consisted of six parts:

  • Past project deep dive
  • Two front-end questions
  • One data structure question
  • Two cultural interviews

What really got me was the data structure part. I probably spent too much time on it, so I couldn't finish it in time. After being rejected, I found the question is actually one of the top 10 popular questions on LeetCode and is categorized as hard. I think if you are not a LeetCoder, solving it in time does have difficulty.

I was not comfortable after knowing that the question is from LeetCode, but I think that's what everybody is doing right now: pick a question from LeetCode and hire an engineer who is good at LeetCode.

Questions

Check the top 10 questions on LeetCode.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 82 interview experiences for the Airbnb Software Engineer role in San Francisco, California.

Success Rate

20%
Pass Rate

Airbnb's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in San Francisco, California is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive43%
Neutral23%
Negative34%

Candidates reported having mixed feelings for Airbnb's Software Engineer interview process in San Francisco, California.

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