Software Engineer Interview Experience - San Francisco, California
October 1, 2019
Positive ExperienceNo Offer
Process
The first two stages were a take-home HackerRank easy question, followed by two HackerRank medium questions over webcam. I didn't get past that stage.
The interview was reasonably challenging, and the recruiter was very communicative. The process went by fairly quickly.
Questions
XML Parsing
2 Medium difficulty 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.
Airbnb Work Experiences
5.0
Amazing place to work. Best ever
Software Engineer • Current Employee
San Francisco, California, United States
July 25, 2016
Pros: Culture (It's all about love: love guests, hosts, employees, the societies, the communities, THE WORLD)
Collaborative environment.
Extremely friendly and talented staff and coworkers.
Benefits:
* Free & healthy food
* Early dinner
Events:
* Belo Day is amazing
* Talent show (This is new this year)
* A lot to come...
Bootcamp (This is amazing!)
Countless earning opportunities (training, hands-on).
Cons: No match for 401k plan :(
5.0
Smart Team, Cool Product!
Software Engineer • Current Employee
San Francisco, California, United States
November 30, 2021
Pros: Super smart colleagues, cool mission, love the product. I work in data infra (where Superset, Airflow, etc. were created) and am super happy.
Cons: The company needs to focus on its product roadmap to grow into its valuation.
5.0
Great place to work!
Software Engineer • Current Employee
San Francisco, California, United States
January 8, 2015
Pros: The whole company is moving at a very fast pace.
The whole eng team is on a single floor, and it's easy to get things done.
Very open and friendly culture.
Decent compensation with a considerable amount of stocks.
Cons: The tech stack has been growing organically in the past, which means you need to put some effort to be on top of everything. The Eng org is expanding crazily, so you must learn to embrace change. The workspace is small and a bit noisy. It'll get better once we have another floor.
It's a 15+ minute walk to BART or Caltrain, which is far enough to make you hate walking. No free parking.
- 5.0Amazing place to work. Best everSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesJuly 25, 2016Pros: Culture (It's all about love: love guests, hosts, employees, the societies, the communities, THE WORLD) Collaborative environment. Extremely friendly and talented staff and coworkers. Benefits: * Free & healthy food * Early dinner Events: * Belo Day is amazing * Talent show (This is new this year) * A lot to come... Bootcamp (This is amazing!) Countless earning opportunities (training, hands-on).Cons: No match for 401k plan :(
- 5.0Smart Team, Cool Product!Software Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesNovember 30, 2021Pros: Super smart colleagues, cool mission, love the product. I work in data infra (where Superset, Airflow, etc. were created) and am super happy.Cons: The company needs to focus on its product roadmap to grow into its valuation.
- 5.0Great place to work!Software Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesJanuary 8, 2015Pros: The whole company is moving at a very fast pace. The whole eng team is on a single floor, and it's easy to get things done. Very open and friendly culture. Decent compensation with a considerable amount of stocks.Cons: The tech stack has been growing organically in the past, which means you need to put some effort to be on top of everything. The Eng org is expanding crazily, so you must learn to embrace change. The workspace is small and a bit noisy. It'll get better once we have another floor. It's a 15+ minute walk to BART or Caltrain, which is far enough to make you hate walking. No free parking.
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