Process
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Questions
Koko loves to eat bananas.
There are N piles of bananas, and the i-th pile has piles[i] bananas. The guards have gone and will come back in H hours.
Koko can decide her bananas-per-hour eating speed, K. Each hour, she chooses some pile of bananas and eats K bananas from that pile. If the pile has less than K bananas, she eats all of them instead and won't eat any more bananas during that hour.
Koko likes to eat slowly, but still wants to finish eating all the bananas before the guards come back.
Return the minimum integer K such that she can eat all the bananas within H hours.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 191 interview experiences for the Airbnb Software Engineer role in United States.
Success Rate
Airbnb's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in the United States is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having mixed feelings for Airbnb's Software Engineer interview process in United States.
Airbnb Work Experiences
- 5.0Overall, a great place to workSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSeattle, Washington, United StatesApril 2, 2025Pros: Great culture, good team selections.Cons: Not the best tech projects.
- 5.0Great place to work atSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeBengaluru, Karnataka, IndiaDecember 29, 2022Pros: Great people, good culture, lots of smart colleagues, and a reputed brand name. Very employee-friendly. Top of the market compensation.Cons: Work can be a little slow at times, as is common at large companies.
- 2.0Good business, toxic culture, lame technologySoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesSeptember 3, 2018Pros: Good business. Beautiful office. Good work-life balance. Competitive compensation. Some 401k match. Overall, nice people.Cons: The environment is rather political. It seems to me that making "friends" and pleasing your manager is more important than doing solid work. It's fake and hypocritical. I feel they don't practice what they preach. Another complaint I have is on the engineering side. There are many talented engineers hired from top schools and FB/GOOG/AMZN/LNKD/MSFT, but miraculously, the quality of Airbnb's engineering is not that good. You can tell from how slow the website and the app are, even today. Again, this probably relates to the company's culture.
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