eBay

Entry Level Software Engineer Interview Experience - Portugal

April 1, 2015

Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

By phone. It was a pre-phone screening interview done by a possible referral. The interviewer was very pleasant. They asked about personal projects that I had an interest in and created technical questions from those projects.

Questions

Do you usually use tests?

What is the difference between mocking and stubbing?

In Java, what is the difference between an ArrayList and a LinkedList?

What is the difference in terms of memory allocation between the two?

What happens when you exceed the maximum specified capacity of an ArrayList?

What does a static synchronized method do?

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Interview Statistics

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Pass Rate

eBay's interview process for their Entry Level Software Engineer roles in Portugal is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

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Candidates reported having very good feelings for eBay's Entry Level Software Engineer interview process in Portugal.

eBay Work Experiences

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San Jose, California, United States

Pros: The people. There are some really great teams with fantastic people. The combined skills of the team and open communication lead to successful projects.

Cons: Lack of support from senior levels to accomplish goals and mature processes. There seems to be a disconnect between executives and those doing the work.

Fast-paced, dynamic, challenging

Senior Release Manager • Current Employee

San Jose, California, United States

Pros: The people. There are some really great teams with fantastic people. The combined skills of the team and open communication lead to successful projects.

Cons: Lack of support from senior levels to accomplish goals and mature processes. There seems to be a disconnect between executives and those doing the work.

Still a great place to work

Principal Software Engineer • Former Employee

San Jose, California, United States

November 24, 2008

Pros: Lots of challenges. Technology solutions driven by business objectives. Quarterly goals oriented work culture. A gold mine of internet technology problems for the ones who are in the solution business.

Cons: Promotions are sometimes not consistent with performance, results, potential, and contribution to the company. Concerns exist regarding too many projects with a lack of strategic coherence.

Still a great place to work

Principal Software Engineer • Former Employee

San Jose, California, United States

November 24, 2008

Pros: Lots of challenges. Technology solutions driven by business objectives. Quarterly goals oriented work culture. A gold mine of internet technology problems for the ones who are in the solution business.

Cons: Promotions are sometimes not consistent with performance, results, potential, and contribution to the company. Concerns exist regarding too many projects with a lack of strategic coherence.

Good Wlb, Low Pay

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Pros: WLB Descent benefits Culture is good

Cons: Pay is far from top-notch. Diversity not the best.

Good Wlb, Low Pay

Staff Software Engineer • Current Employee

San Jose, California, United States

Pros: WLB Descent benefits Culture is good

Cons: Pay is far from top-notch. Diversity not the best.

Fast-paced, dynamic, challenging

Senior Release Manager • Current Employee

San Jose, California, United States

Pros: The people. There are some really great teams with fantastic people. The combined skills of the team and open communication lead to successful projects.

Cons: Lack of support from senior levels to accomplish goals and mature processes. There seems to be a disconnect between executives and those doing the work.

5.0
Fast-paced, dynamic, challenging
Senior Release Manager • Current Employee
San Jose, California, United States
July 4, 2015
Pros: The people. There are some really great teams with fantastic people. The combined skills of the team and open communication lead to successful projects.
Cons: Lack of support from senior levels to accomplish goals and mature processes. There seems to be a disconnect between executives and those doing the work.

Still a great place to work

Principal Software Engineer • Former Employee

San Jose, California, United States

November 24, 2008

Pros: Lots of challenges. Technology solutions driven by business objectives. Quarterly goals oriented work culture. A gold mine of internet technology problems for the ones who are in the solution business.

Cons: Promotions are sometimes not consistent with performance, results, potential, and contribution to the company. Concerns exist regarding too many projects with a lack of strategic coherence.

3.0
Still a great place to work
Principal Software Engineer • Former Employee
San Jose, California, United States
November 24, 2008
Pros: Lots of challenges. Technology solutions driven by business objectives. Quarterly goals oriented work culture. A gold mine of internet technology problems for the ones who are in the solution business.
Cons: Promotions are sometimes not consistent with performance, results, potential, and contribution to the company. Concerns exist regarding too many projects with a lack of strategic coherence.

Good Wlb, Low Pay

Staff Software Engineer • Current Employee

San Jose, California, United States

Pros: WLB Descent benefits Culture is good

Cons: Pay is far from top-notch. Diversity not the best.

4.0
Good Wlb, Low Pay
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Pros: WLB Descent benefits Culture is good
Cons: Pay is far from top-notch. Diversity not the best.

eBay Interview Questions

Partition Equal Subset Sum

Determine if a given array of numbers can be divided into two subsets with equal sums. Essentially, can you split the array so both sides add up to the same value?

Dynamic Programming

Remove One Element to Make the Array Strictly Increasing

Determine if removing a single element from an array can make the remaining elements strictly increasing. You need to check if it's possible to obtain a strictly increasing sequence by deleting at most one element.

LRU Cache

Design a data structure that acts as a Least Recently Used (LRU) cache. Implement methods to get and put key-value pairs, evicting the least recently used entry when the cache is full.

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