New Grad Software Engineer Interview Experience - San Jose, California
Process
I was referred by a current employee and was set up for a technical phone screen.
It was just bad. I hated the interviewer; he was mean and kind of impatient. He didn't let me finish my answers and didn't interpret them well.
He asked a variety of questions, covering data structures, algorithms, and pointers.
Then, he went over my resume to ask questions about a project I did in school.
Questions
Given an integer p, how do you find the value it is pointing to? What is p in this case?
What is the difference between C and C++? How do you declare an array of 5 characters?
What is a Hash Table and what are its complexities? What is a balanced tree?
What do you do to an insertion sort to get a runtime of O(1)? When inserting an element into a sorted linked list, what would its runtime be?
What is polymorphism? Give an example. What is the difference between private inheritance and protected inheritance?
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 2 interview experiences for the eBay New Grad Software Engineer role in San Jose, California.
Success Rate
eBay's interview process for their New Grad Software Engineer roles in San Jose, California is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having mixed feelings for eBay's New Grad Software Engineer interview process in San Jose, California.
eBay Work Experiences
- 4.0Good Perks, Bad ManagementMTS-2 Software Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Jose, California, United StatesDecember 21, 2024Pros: Benefits: * Sabbatical * Bonus * ESPP * RSUCons: managers traffic planning stock value
- 4.0Good, but could be much betterSenior Staff Software Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Jose, California, United StatesJanuary 8, 2009Pros: Great work-life balance. The management is very understanding, and there are lots of opportunities to move around the firm with its many and varied divisions. PayPal, Skype, eBay, StubHub, etc. Pretty secure job, even though we went through a recent round of layoffs (a great package was given). Good perks and benefits. Good compensation.Cons: I joined the company some 18 months ago. As a relative newcomer, my experience so far has been that PayPal is one of those companies that may have been great at one point, but as soon as the initial group of people left and eBay took over, things are not the same. A lot of red tape and compliance is expected in any financial firm, so nothing new there. The senior management, even though they pay a lot of lip service to innovation and risk-taking, are satisfied with doing the same old thing and playing the safe game. Being a 10-year-old company, software aging is a major issue for them currently. If you want a 9-to-5 stable job, you might be on the right track. If you want to do something unique and innovative and make a difference to a lot of people in a relatively short time, keep looking.
- 2.0eBay is stuck in a wheel which goes round and round but never goes up :(Senior Software Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Jose, California, United StatesAugust 20, 2008Pros: The brand is well recognized. The company is full of intelligent people to learn from. It's a good place to learn about how internet business works.Cons: The middle management is very incompetent and totally screwed up. They are busy in too many useless meetings and keep dishing out BS to employees. Too much politics. Compensation here is lower than average. Promotions are given based more on politics than actual job performance. Bloated infrastructure and organization. Change is slow and by the time it happens, it is often outdated. Very few opportunities for career advancement.
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