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.

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Interview Statistics

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

Success Rate

0%

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 Work Experiences

Decent place to work

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

Austin, Texas, United States

Pros: Many teams have decent competency, with a good work-life balance.

Cons: Bureaucracy and Jira bloat are increasing.

Decent place to work

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

Austin, Texas, United States

Pros: Many teams have decent competency, with a good work-life balance.

Cons: Bureaucracy and Jira bloat are increasing.

A decent company

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

Austin, Texas, United States

Pros: Good work-life balance, reasonable benefits. Pressure not as high as other Bay Area companies.

Cons: I'm not a big fan of the lack of support or involvement from middle management on projects. While it's naturally the goal of engineers to do the work, I feel that we're not given any strategic roadmap nor ideas to work on.

A decent company

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

Austin, Texas, United States

Pros: Good work-life balance, reasonable benefits. Pressure not as high as other Bay Area companies.

Cons: I'm not a big fan of the lack of support or involvement from middle management on projects. While it's naturally the goal of engineers to do the work, I feel that we're not given any strategic roadmap nor ideas to work on.

I can give 0 stars on work-life balance and culture if I can

Senior Software Engineer • Former Employee

Austin, Texas, United States

Pros: Good compensation and benefits, with a faster immigration team to provide sponsorship.

Cons: My team was the worst, with no work-life balance, as you were expected to be online and responding to messages until late at night. The team was always on fire, with no appreciation for hardworking employees. Managers were bad enough to not understand the team's situation but put pressure on the entire team to get work completed regardless of employees burning out a lot. There was no empathy towards employees as a manager.

I can give 0 stars on work-life balance and culture if I can

Senior Software Engineer • Former Employee

Austin, Texas, United States

Pros: Good compensation and benefits, with a faster immigration team to provide sponsorship.

Cons: My team was the worst, with no work-life balance, as you were expected to be online and responding to messages until late at night. The team was always on fire, with no appreciation for hardworking employees. Managers were bad enough to not understand the team's situation but put pressure on the entire team to get work completed regardless of employees burning out a lot. There was no empathy towards employees as a manager.

Decent place to work

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

Austin, Texas, United States

Pros: Many teams have decent competency, with a good work-life balance.

Cons: Bureaucracy and Jira bloat are increasing.

4.0
Decent place to work
Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee
Austin, Texas, United States
August 5, 2024
Pros: Many teams have decent competency, with a good work-life balance.
Cons: Bureaucracy and Jira bloat are increasing.

A decent company

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

Austin, Texas, United States

Pros: Good work-life balance, reasonable benefits. Pressure not as high as other Bay Area companies.

Cons: I'm not a big fan of the lack of support or involvement from middle management on projects. While it's naturally the goal of engineers to do the work, I feel that we're not given any strategic roadmap nor ideas to work on.

4.0
A decent company
Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee
Austin, Texas, United States
July 19, 2022
Pros: Good work-life balance, reasonable benefits. Pressure not as high as other Bay Area companies.
Cons: I'm not a big fan of the lack of support or involvement from middle management on projects. While it's naturally the goal of engineers to do the work, I feel that we're not given any strategic roadmap nor ideas to work on.

I can give 0 stars on work-life balance and culture if I can

Senior Software Engineer • Former Employee

Austin, Texas, United States

Pros: Good compensation and benefits, with a faster immigration team to provide sponsorship.

Cons: My team was the worst, with no work-life balance, as you were expected to be online and responding to messages until late at night. The team was always on fire, with no appreciation for hardworking employees. Managers were bad enough to not understand the team's situation but put pressure on the entire team to get work completed regardless of employees burning out a lot. There was no empathy towards employees as a manager.

1.0
I can give 0 stars on work-life balance and culture if I can
Senior Software Engineer • Former Employee
Austin, Texas, United States
March 18, 2022
Pros: Good compensation and benefits, with a faster immigration team to provide sponsorship.
Cons: My team was the worst, with no work-life balance, as you were expected to be online and responding to messages until late at night. The team was always on fire, with no appreciation for hardworking employees. Managers were bad enough to not understand the team's situation but put pressure on the entire team to get work completed regardless of employees burning out a lot. There was no empathy towards employees as a manager.

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?

ArraysDynamic 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.

Linked ListsDynamic Programming

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