Senior Software Engineer Interview Experience - San Jose, California
July 1, 2011
Positive ExperienceGot Offer
Process
The interview consisted of the following questions:
- Lowest common ancestor problem with different scenarios. The interviewer asked me to come up with all possible solutions and then compare them.
- Hash table related question.
- Producer consumer problem.
- C++ STL questions and class related questions (constructor, destructor, automatic garbage collection).
- Implementation of a heap.
- Questions related to my resume.
- Implementation of a hash table and collision resolving techniques.
Questions
Implement heap.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 15 interview experiences for the eBay Senior Software Engineer role in San Jose, California.
Success Rate
27%
Pass Rate
eBay's interview process for their Senior Software Engineer roles in San Jose, California is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.
Experience Rating
Positive40%
Neutral20%
Negative40%
Candidates reported having mixed feelings for eBay's Senior Software Engineer interview process in San Jose, California.
eBay Work Experiences
4.0
Senior Software Engineer, Ads
Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee
San Jose, California, United States
July 31, 2020
Pros: Chance to experiment on a lot of things. Nice people mostly. Good work-life balance.
Cons: Projects move slow. It's hard to get an opportunity to work on challenging work.
3.0
Smart Colleagues, Unfair Reviews
Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee
San Jose, California, United States
April 21, 2021
Pros: Not any extraordinary pros that I can think of. Few teammates have very good knowledge, and it's great working with such people.
Cons: Unfair performance reviews. Though we excel in 99 things and lack in 1, they evaluate the whole performance based on that 1.
Leads have favorites, and management loves to get only good feedback from engineers.
Impractical project plans and a poor work-life balance. Still no good recognition for engineers' efforts.
Not a great package when compared to its Bay Area contemporaries.
3.0
The company is just OK
Senior Software Engineer • Former Employee
San Jose, California, United States
May 22, 2023
Pros: Work-life balance is great.
Cons: The leaders lack great vision.
- 4.0Senior Software Engineer, AdsSenior Software Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Jose, California, United StatesJuly 31, 2020Pros: Chance to experiment on a lot of things. Nice people mostly. Good work-life balance.Cons: Projects move slow. It's hard to get an opportunity to work on challenging work.
- 3.0Smart Colleagues, Unfair ReviewsSenior Software Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Jose, California, United StatesApril 21, 2021Pros: Not any extraordinary pros that I can think of. Few teammates have very good knowledge, and it's great working with such people.Cons: Unfair performance reviews. Though we excel in 99 things and lack in 1, they evaluate the whole performance based on that 1. Leads have favorites, and management loves to get only good feedback from engineers. Impractical project plans and a poor work-life balance. Still no good recognition for engineers' efforts. Not a great package when compared to its Bay Area contemporaries.
- 3.0The company is just OKSenior Software Engineer • Former EmployeeSan Jose, California, United StatesMay 22, 2023Pros: Work-life balance is great.Cons: The leaders lack great vision.
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