Airbnb

Software Engineer Interview Experience - San Francisco, California

November 1, 2016

Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

There is nepotism here at Airbnb. I had friends who recently got job offers, but all of their questions were easy LeetCode questions.

But when I interviewed, it consisted of questions not even on LeetCode. So if you are mainland Chinese, and your interviewer is mainland Chinese, then it's a shoe-in.

More about luck than anything else. It really changed my opinion on Airbnb.

Questions

The hard questions on LeetCode with additional memory restrictions.

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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.

Airbnb Work Experiences

Learned A Ton, Great Salary

Software Engineer • Current Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

September 4, 2020

Pros: Have learned a ton, great salary.

Cons: None, everything is great here

Learned A Ton, Great Salary

Software Engineer • Current Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

September 4, 2020

Pros: Have learned a ton, great salary.

Cons: None, everything is great here

The only company I want to work for

Software Engineer • Current Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

December 11, 2014

Pros: The product is amazing and loved by travelers and hosts. The people working at Airbnb are great, passionate, and support each other. Overall, there's a great office culture. People are empowered to make a difference and be creative.

Cons: It's hard not to want to travel all the time when you get travel credit and you are seeing so many amazing listings. I'm going to have to take a long vacation one day.

The only company I want to work for

Software Engineer • Current Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

December 11, 2014

Pros: The product is amazing and loved by travelers and hosts. The people working at Airbnb are great, passionate, and support each other. Overall, there's a great office culture. People are empowered to make a difference and be creative.

Cons: It's hard not to want to travel all the time when you get travel credit and you are seeing so many amazing listings. I'm going to have to take a long vacation one day.

Fun Culture, Stagnant Growth

Software Engineer • Former Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

Pros: Positive, fun culture. Lots of smart coworkers.

Cons: The company's growth was slowing, without any clear strategy of how to reverse the trend.

Fun Culture, Stagnant Growth

Software Engineer • Former Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

Pros: Positive, fun culture. Lots of smart coworkers.

Cons: The company's growth was slowing, without any clear strategy of how to reverse the trend.

Learned A Ton, Great Salary

Software Engineer • Current Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

September 4, 2020

Pros: Have learned a ton, great salary.

Cons: None, everything is great here

5.0
Learned A Ton, Great Salary
Software Engineer • Current Employee
San Francisco, California, United States
September 4, 2020
Pros: Have learned a ton, great salary.
Cons: None, everything is great here

The only company I want to work for

Software Engineer • Current Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

December 11, 2014

Pros: The product is amazing and loved by travelers and hosts. The people working at Airbnb are great, passionate, and support each other. Overall, there's a great office culture. People are empowered to make a difference and be creative.

Cons: It's hard not to want to travel all the time when you get travel credit and you are seeing so many amazing listings. I'm going to have to take a long vacation one day.

5.0
The only company I want to work for
Software Engineer • Current Employee
San Francisco, California, United States
December 11, 2014
Pros: The product is amazing and loved by travelers and hosts. The people working at Airbnb are great, passionate, and support each other. Overall, there's a great office culture. People are empowered to make a difference and be creative.
Cons: It's hard not to want to travel all the time when you get travel credit and you are seeing so many amazing listings. I'm going to have to take a long vacation one day.

Fun Culture, Stagnant Growth

Software Engineer • Former Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

Pros: Positive, fun culture. Lots of smart coworkers.

Cons: The company's growth was slowing, without any clear strategy of how to reverse the trend.

3.0
Fun Culture, Stagnant Growth
Software Engineer • Former Employee
San Francisco, California, United States
June 9, 2020
Pros: Positive, fun culture. Lots of smart coworkers.
Cons: The company's growth was slowing, without any clear strategy of how to reverse the trend.

Airbnb Interview Questions

Combination Sum

Find all unique combinations of numbers from a given array that sum up to a specific target value. You can use the same number multiple times.

ArraysRecursion

Text Justification

Given a sequence of words and a line width, format the text to fit within the specified width. You must justify the text, distributing extra spaces evenly between words.

Maximum Profit in Job Scheduling

You're given a list of jobs with start times, end times, and profits. Find the maximum profit you can obtain by scheduling a subset of jobs that don't overlap.

ArraysBinary SearchDynamic Programming

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