Software Engineer (Internship) Interview Experience - San Francisco, California
Process
I met the recruiter during a campus info session, applied online, and then received an email for a HackerRank challenge. The challenge was pretty easy, and I advanced to the technical interview round. It consisted of two 45-minute interviews back-to-back.
The first interview presented a LeetCode hard question, and the second was medium/hard.
Both interviewers were nice, but they were reluctant to give hints, which made the problems even harder to solve. I did well on the first one but went in a completely wrong direction on the second one. Overall, the interview was pretty hard.
Questions
Graph and list problems.
No behavioral questions.
Technical questions directly.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 6 interview experiences for the Airbnb Software Engineer (Internship) role in San Francisco, California.
Success Rate
Airbnb's interview process for their Software Engineer (Internship) roles in San Francisco, California is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Airbnb's Software Engineer (Internship) interview process in San Francisco, California.
Airbnb Work Experiences
- 5.0Great Culture, Tough TimingSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesMay 14, 2020Pros: Culture, food, experiences, fun times all around.Cons: I joined during COVID, so that's definitely a downside.
- 4.0Friendly culture, great benefitsSoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesMarch 10, 2025Pros: Everyone is very nice and friendly. The office is gorgeous, and there are lots of skilled and experienced engineers to learn from.Cons: Besides the core product, not much else seemed to take off big.
- 4.0Overall a great place to workSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesNovember 16, 2019Pros: - Great people and culture - Flexible working hours and good work/life balance - Relatively diverse team - Leadership is very open to feedback from employeesCons: - Technical debt is rampant. - Product and Design decisions generally usurp technical ones.
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