Pick your team wisely
Pick your team wisely
Feels like a startup even after 10 years. It gives you a lot of room to explore tech.
Lack of uniformity in work culture.
It varies heavily from team to team, based on the manager.
Keep tabs on how your managers are treating employees in their team. I have seen racial bias. It makes you feel undervalued.
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Airbnb Interview Questions
Airbnb Interview Experiences
Data Engineer
Asked about data modeling questions: how to design different tables, how to partition data, and how to scale. Also asked to write SQL queries based on the previous questions. The coding interview asked simple coding questions, such as array manipulat
Integration Engineer
The scheduling was great. There were multiple back-and-forth emails with the recruiter, and they kept me updated throughout the entire process: * Recruiter screening * Call with team lead * Three live technical challenges (live SQL and API cha
Android Software Engineer
I had about 12 separate interviews. These included tech rounds, behavioral interviews, team matching, and more. It was a lot of rounds, but it wasn't that bad compared to some other experiences. The main pain point was that it moved very slowly. I s
Data Engineer
San Francisco, California, United StatesNovember 21, 2025Asked about data modeling questions: how to design different tables, how to partition data, and how to scale. Also asked to write SQL queries based on the previous questions. The coding interview asked simple coding questions, such as array manipulat
Integration Engineer
San Francisco, California, United StatesAugust 26, 2025The scheduling was great. There were multiple back-and-forth emails with the recruiter, and they kept me updated throughout the entire process: * Recruiter screening * Call with team lead * Three live technical challenges (live SQL and API cha
Android Software Engineer
San Francisco, California, United StatesOctober 1, 2024I had about 12 separate interviews. These included tech rounds, behavioral interviews, team matching, and more. It was a lot of rounds, but it wasn't that bad compared to some other experiences. The main pain point was that it moved very slowly. I s
