eBay

Software Engineer II Interview Experience - San Jose, California

December 1, 2009

Positive ExperienceGot Offer

Process

There were six one-hour interviews with different people from the team. The questions ranged from light questions on process to in-depth technical questions on bit arithmetic. The interviewers obviously knew what they were doing and were very easy to communicate with.

My advice would be to relax; it will be a very intense day.

Questions

Generate combinations of K distinct objects chosen from the N elements of a list.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 12 interview experiences for the eBay Software Engineer II role in San Jose, California.

Success Rate

67%

Pass Rate

eBay's interview process for their Software Engineer II roles in San Jose, California is incredibly easy as the vast majority of engineers get an offer after going through it.

Experience Rating

Positive83%

Neutral8%

Negative8%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for eBay's Software Engineer II interview process in San Jose, California.

eBay Work Experiences

Good company to work for, but there are too many reorganizations

Software Engineer II • Former Employee

San Jose, California, United States

Pros: Work-life balance is great, and support for professional growth is given through education assistance.

Cons: Too many reorganizations caused many people to get reshuffled to work for different managers, and some were transferred to cities that were far away.

Good company to work for, but there are too many reorganizations

Software Engineer II • Former Employee

San Jose, California, United States

Pros: Work-life balance is great, and support for professional growth is given through education assistance.

Cons: Too many reorganizations caused many people to get reshuffled to work for different managers, and some were transferred to cities that were far away.

Good Balance, Promotion Hard

Software Engineer II • Current Employee

San Jose, California, United States

August 17, 2012

Pros: Good work-life balance. Lots of opportunity to learn if you are in the right team, like mobile or search.

Cons: Very difficult to get a promotion. If you are a postgraduate and have significant industry experience, then you will still be considered a newbie. You will be given the work of an experienced person, but with the compensation of a newbie.

Good Balance, Promotion Hard

Software Engineer II • Current Employee

San Jose, California, United States

August 17, 2012

Pros: Good work-life balance. Lots of opportunity to learn if you are in the right team, like mobile or search.

Cons: Very difficult to get a promotion. If you are a postgraduate and have significant industry experience, then you will still be considered a newbie. You will be given the work of an experienced person, but with the compensation of a newbie.

Enjoying, fun, and growing

Software Engineer II • Current Employee

San Jose, California, United States

August 26, 2012

Pros: The company has a huge future in front of it.

Cons: A lot of work and less salary.

Enjoying, fun, and growing

Software Engineer II • Current Employee

San Jose, California, United States

August 26, 2012

Pros: The company has a huge future in front of it.

Cons: A lot of work and less salary.

Good company to work for, but there are too many reorganizations

Software Engineer II • Former Employee

San Jose, California, United States

Pros: Work-life balance is great, and support for professional growth is given through education assistance.

Cons: Too many reorganizations caused many people to get reshuffled to work for different managers, and some were transferred to cities that were far away.

3.0
Good company to work for, but there are too many reorganizations
Software Engineer II • Former Employee
San Jose, California, United States
May 9, 2012
Pros: Work-life balance is great, and support for professional growth is given through education assistance.
Cons: Too many reorganizations caused many people to get reshuffled to work for different managers, and some were transferred to cities that were far away.

Good Balance, Promotion Hard

Software Engineer II • Current Employee

San Jose, California, United States

August 17, 2012

Pros: Good work-life balance. Lots of opportunity to learn if you are in the right team, like mobile or search.

Cons: Very difficult to get a promotion. If you are a postgraduate and have significant industry experience, then you will still be considered a newbie. You will be given the work of an experienced person, but with the compensation of a newbie.

3.0
Good Balance, Promotion Hard
Software Engineer II • Current Employee
San Jose, California, United States
August 17, 2012
Pros: Good work-life balance. Lots of opportunity to learn if you are in the right team, like mobile or search.
Cons: Very difficult to get a promotion. If you are a postgraduate and have significant industry experience, then you will still be considered a newbie. You will be given the work of an experienced person, but with the compensation of a newbie.

Enjoying, fun, and growing

Software Engineer II • Current Employee

San Jose, California, United States

August 26, 2012

Pros: The company has a huge future in front of it.

Cons: A lot of work and less salary.

5.0
Enjoying, fun, and growing
Software Engineer II • Current Employee
San Jose, California, United States
August 26, 2012
Pros: The company has a huge future in front of it.
Cons: A lot of work and less salary.

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?

Dynamic 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.

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