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Software Engineer Interview Experience - San Francisco, California

January 1, 2016
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Process

I had the same experience as most of the people commenting here.

The interviewer sounded pretty young and quite immature. He stated himself he is new to the enterprise, so I was even surprised he is already conducting interviews.

I thought I would have a 45-minute technical interview, but I had 45 minutes of trials to change the software planned to be used as the coding environment.

He talked about himself a lot and not really about the company, and went straight to the problem without even asking me any relevant questions. It was not an interview, to be honest, because I had no chance to prove what I am capable of as a Software Engineer.

When I was coding and making a mistake (due to rush, and I would have corrected it a few seconds later), he was literally laughing at me, which was distracting. So, when I had enough, I asked him if there were any inputs he wanted to add, because he kept interrupting my thought flow. He said, "No, go ahead. I am sorry to interrupt you."

He was quite disrespectful.

I did solve the problem, and it was working, but he seemed like he was in a rush. So, I had two questions asked, quite simple.

I was really disappointed in the process, and I think I could have solved that problem in less than 20 minutes if he had not been interrupting me every time.

I am not sure what really went wrong, to be honest. I spent a week preparing for this, so I was extremely disappointed by that "technical interview."

As stated in many other posts, it seems like they do not really care unless you have been referred, known by someone in the company, or come from big enterprises or schools.

My first recruiter was a very professional lady. I wish the same professionalism could be applied in every other step with the other technical recruiters.

Questions

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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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