eBay

Senior Software Engineer Interview Experience - Austin, Texas

October 1, 2021

Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I had a coding test that had to be done in the browser. It was frustrating because there was no syntax highlighting. When I went to look up documentation for one of the methods of a native object I was using, an alert appeared on the screen when I returned. It stated that my "cheating" was being sent to the test giver. I didn't even finish it. I would never work for a company that conducts its interviews this way.

Questions

Sorting, simple algorithms, text parsing on the same problem, getting progressively harder.

Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 2 interview experiences for the eBay Senior Software Engineer role in Austin, Texas.

Success Rate

Pass Rate

eBay's interview process for their Senior Software Engineer roles in Austin, Texas is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

Positive0%

Neutral50%

Negative50%

Candidates reported having very negative feelings for eBay's Senior Software Engineer interview process in Austin, Texas.

eBay Interview Questions

Partition Equal Subset Sum

Medium

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?

ArraysDynamic Programming

Remove One Element to Make the Array Strictly Increasing

Easy

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.

Arrays

LRU Cache

Medium

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.

Linked ListsDynamic Programming