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Software Engineer Interview Experience - San Francisco, California

December 9, 2015
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Process

I first spoke with an employee at my school's career fair, and from there, I was contacted by a recruiter to set up a phone interview.

After the first interview, I was contacted for one more, just to get another perspective.

I thought the next phone interview went really well, and I connected with the interviewer a lot.

After that, I was contacted to schedule an onsite interview!

On my onsite, I had:

  • A few practical coding questions
  • A couple of culture fit questions
  • A great tour of the building
  • An awesome lunch with one of the employees

Through this process, I was able to talk with many people across different departments and overall had a great experience.

The office is beautiful, and the employees I spoke with all genuinely care about the product, the mission, the company, their peers, and their users.

Airbnb truly grew on me over the interview process as I discovered more about the company, its values, and the people who work there. I really connected with each employee I spoke with, and their answers to my questions struck me because they showed how excited and truly caring they were about their users and for Airbnb.

Questions

Practical coding questions were asked during the phone screenings and onsite interviews. Culture fit questions were also part of the onsite, which were quite fun! (I cannot disclose specifics).

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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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