Overall, this was a negative interview experience. The company highlights that it respects every individual, men and women of all races; however, they actually do not respect the candidate. I will explain my experience in detail.

First, a little background about the interview process: After a phone interview, I was invited to their HQ in San Francisco for an onsite interview. The onsite interview included two coding interviews, a project deep dive, two cross-functional interviews, and two system design interviews.

• The recruiter was never on time for phone calls before bringing me onsite. Among the 5+ companies I interviewed with during the same period, I never had this kind of experience. The Airbnb recruiter was the most unprofessional. If I needed to take a 30-minute phone call during work, I had to make a good schedule and find a good spot. Airbnb, please respect your candidates and be on time. When you are late, at least reschedule a time instead of directly calling me when I am in the middle of work.
• The onsite interview had a "project deep dive" session, which essentially asked for every detail of a project I worked on. This is absurd and totally ignores the risk of leaking confidential information from the candidate's employer. I had to be very careful in this session and avoid providing detailed information when answering questions from the interviewer, and he was obviously not satisfied. Airbnb, please respect confidentiality when designing your interviews!

Among the 5+ companies I recently interviewed with, I had the worst experience with Airbnb and will not consider applying again.

Coding on a computer instead of a whiteboard.

Behavior questions.

System design questions.