Process
Extremely slow process, especially considering how lightweight the interviews are, despite having a pressing competing offer deadline. Likely a lot of bureaucracy.
- HackerRank
- Two back-to-back 45-minute video technical interviews
- 30-minute cross-functional interview (behavioral with a non-engineering employee). This was a strange experience – very behavioral questions, it almost seemed like testing how much I could "kiss up" to the culture.
Questions
Trees and a design-ish question that you will have to write runnable code for.
Cross-functional:
- Tell me about a time you had a good Airbnb experience.
- Tell me about a time you experienced a good host experience in your life.
- What is one of your dreams and what have you been doing to achieve it?
- How do you make people feel like they belong?
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 53 interview experiences for the Airbnb Software Engineer (Internship) role in United States.
Success Rate
23%
Pass Rate
Airbnb's interview process for their Software Engineer (Internship) roles in the United States is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.
Experience Rating
Positive51%
Neutral30%
Negative19%
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Airbnb's Software Engineer (Internship) interview process in United States.
Airbnb Work Experiences
5.0
Great company to work for if you're under 35
Software Engineer • Current Employee
San Francisco, California, United States
December 10, 2014
Pros: Weekly Friday happy hour. Great food for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Healthy snacks. Well-behaved dogs allowed in the office. Very long maternity and paternity leave. Very flexible work schedule. Very interesting coworkers. Fast-growing, with lots of room for advancement. Located in the heart of San Francisco.
Cons: Very high expectations of employees. Even though it is growing quickly, the bar is set incredibly high for hiring. The IT department is slow.
2.0
Beware of the health insurance
Software Engineer • Current Employee
San Francisco, California, United States
December 22, 2015
Pros: Positive culture
Fast pace of growth
Great mission
Excellent people
Cons: Check the fine print on the benefits if you are coming from another tech company, especially if you have or are planning to have a family and need good health insurance. That was the biggest surprise for me and will probably be one of the reasons I decide to eventually leave.
4.0
Good Culture, Limited Projects
Software Development Engineer • Current Employee
San Francisco, California, United States
June 4, 2023
Pros: Good work-life balance. Good culture.
Cons: Not much project and opportunity.
- 5.0Great company to work for if you're under 35Software Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesDecember 10, 2014Pros: Weekly Friday happy hour. Great food for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Healthy snacks. Well-behaved dogs allowed in the office. Very long maternity and paternity leave. Very flexible work schedule. Very interesting coworkers. Fast-growing, with lots of room for advancement. Located in the heart of San Francisco.Cons: Very high expectations of employees. Even though it is growing quickly, the bar is set incredibly high for hiring. The IT department is slow.
- 2.0Beware of the health insuranceSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesDecember 22, 2015Pros: Positive culture Fast pace of growth Great mission Excellent peopleCons: Check the fine print on the benefits if you are coming from another tech company, especially if you have or are planning to have a family and need good health insurance. That was the biggest surprise for me and will probably be one of the reasons I decide to eventually leave.
- 4.0Good Culture, Limited ProjectsSoftware Development Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesJune 4, 2023Pros: Good work-life balance. Good culture.Cons: Not much project and opportunity.
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