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Software Developer Interview Experience - Boston, Massachusetts

March 1, 2021

Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I applied through Glassdoor. The recruiter reached out via email and then set up the technical round with one interviewer. This process took place within 2-3 weeks, and they were very accommodating with the interview time setup.

Questions

There was a question regarding finding the leaves in a tree within each level. Once you find a leaf, you need to delete that leaf and move bottom to top. It goes into a list, and you return the list of leaves.

What is a leaf in a tree?

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the eBay Software Developer role in Boston, Massachusetts.

Success Rate

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Pass Rate

eBay's interview process for their Software Developer roles in Boston, Massachusetts is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

Positive100%

Neutral0%

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Candidates reported having very good feelings for eBay's Software Developer interview process in Boston, Massachusetts.

eBay Work Experiences

All non americans were terminated for no reason

Software Developer • Current Employee

November 3, 2025

Pros: Remote and giant project, with teams

Cons: Alguns gerentes são otimos outros sao preconceituosos. Todos que não eram americanos do time foram desligados após mudança da gerencia.

All non americans were terminated for no reason

Software Developer • Current Employee

November 3, 2025

Pros: Remote and giant project, with teams

Cons: Alguns gerentes são otimos outros sao preconceituosos. Todos que não eram americanos do time foram desligados após mudança da gerencia.

Started Great, Became Average

Software Developer • Former Employee

London, England

Pros: Great colleagues, up to date technologies, hack week is fun and interesting.

Cons: Management from America has become more interfering and restrictive. Often not enough time allocated to improving projects until after things go wrong. This creates a lot of churn due to good developers feeling frustrated about working conditions. Overtime was not paid if you ended up called out and you were expected to be next to your phone 24/7 if you were on call.

Started Great, Became Average

Software Developer • Former Employee

London, England

Pros: Great colleagues, up to date technologies, hack week is fun and interesting.

Cons: Management from America has become more interfering and restrictive. Often not enough time allocated to improving projects until after things go wrong. This creates a lot of churn due to good developers feeling frustrated about working conditions. Overtime was not paid if you ended up called out and you were expected to be next to your phone 24/7 if you were on call.

good

Software Developer • Current Employee

Pros: A very good professional growth

Cons: Litte bit stress would be there but it is handled

Software Developer • Current Employee

Pros: A very good professional growth

Cons: Litte bit stress would be there but it is handled

All non americans were terminated for no reason

Software Developer • Current Employee

November 3, 2025

Pros: Remote and giant project, with teams

Cons: Alguns gerentes são otimos outros sao preconceituosos. Todos que não eram americanos do time foram desligados após mudança da gerencia.

1.0
All non americans were terminated for no reason
Software Developer • Current Employee
Texas
November 3, 2025
Pros: Remote and giant project, with teams
Cons: Alguns gerentes são otimos outros sao preconceituosos. Todos que não eram americanos do time foram desligados após mudança da gerencia.

Started Great, Became Average

Software Developer • Former Employee

London, England

Pros: Great colleagues, up to date technologies, hack week is fun and interesting.

Cons: Management from America has become more interfering and restrictive. Often not enough time allocated to improving projects until after things go wrong. This creates a lot of churn due to good developers feeling frustrated about working conditions. Overtime was not paid if you ended up called out and you were expected to be next to your phone 24/7 if you were on call.

3.0
Started Great, Became Average
Software Developer • Former Employee
London, England
July 22, 2024
Pros: Great colleagues, up to date technologies, hack week is fun and interesting.
Cons: Management from America has become more interfering and restrictive. Often not enough time allocated to improving projects until after things go wrong. This creates a lot of churn due to good developers feeling frustrated about working conditions. Overtime was not paid if you ended up called out and you were expected to be next to your phone 24/7 if you were on call.

good

Software Developer • Current Employee

Pros: A very good professional growth

Cons: Litte bit stress would be there but it is handled

4.0
good
Software Developer • Current Employee
Austin, TX
July 1, 2024
Pros: A very good professional growth
Cons: Litte bit stress would be there but it is handled

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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