Senior Software Engineer Interview Experience - San Jose, California
Process
In-person interview with 5 team members.
The first interviewer gave a brief overview of the project the team is working on and started with background experience.
The second and third interviewers asked technical questions on my previous experience again.
The fourth one was with the manager over lunch.
The final one was with another manager from some other team, also covering technical aspects and inter-team communication skills.
Questions
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Write a program to identify if two subnets collide.
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Write a program to convert a BST to a heap (such as the largest number is the root, the second largest is to the left of the root, the third largest to the right of the root, and so on).
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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
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
Candidates reported having mixed feelings for eBay's Senior Software Engineer interview process in San Jose, California.
eBay Work Experiences
- 4.0Exciting Tech, No BalanceSenior Software Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Jose, California, United StatesJanuary 16, 2014Pros: Hackathons, quality awards, exposure to latest technology, changing trends, fast-paced.Cons: No work-life balance. Seems like [I'm] tied to work all the time.
- 4.0Senior software engineerSenior Software Engineer • Former EmployeeSan Jose, California, United StatesAugust 10, 2013Pros: Good work, plenty of different technologies to work on.Cons: Long work hours can make work-life balance difficult to achieve.
- 3.0Good job, but it is just a jobSenior Software Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Jose, California, United StatesFebruary 9, 2010Pros: Pay is okay, not great, but not bad. Culture and peers are generally nice to work with. Some very smart people, in select groups. Some interesting products in terms of development of the eBay site.Cons: Outsource too much. Hire a lot of people who are not creative, just to get the project done. Very little focus on the stability of the system and the quality of code. Very, very, very bad build and release system, all built in-house. Business units change their minds very often as to what they want, making for very low-quality sites.
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