eBay

Software Engineer Interview Experience - San Jose, California

February 1, 2020

Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I applied for a Software Engineer new grad position.

I received an online coding challenge.

It consisted of 4 questions:

2 easy coding questions
2 hard coding questions

It took about 2 weeks from applying to receiving the online coding challenge.

I never heard back after completion.

Questions

Stack Palindrome Graph Data Structure

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 37 interview experiences for the eBay Software Engineer role in San Jose, California.

Success Rate

11%

Pass Rate

eBay's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in San Jose, California is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

Positive41%

Neutral22%

Negative38%

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

eBay Work Experiences

Solid place to work

Software Engineer • Current Employee

San Jose, California, United States

September 2, 2021

Pros: Friendly management. Many teams have great work-life balance. All opinions are respected.

Cons: Work-life balance could be poor depending on the team you're on. There does not feel like there is a lot of upward mobility.

Solid place to work

Software Engineer • Current Employee

San Jose, California, United States

September 2, 2021

Pros: Friendly management. Many teams have great work-life balance. All opinions are respected.

Cons: Work-life balance could be poor depending on the team you're on. There does not feel like there is a lot of upward mobility.

Pretty good culture

Software Engineer • Current Employee

San Jose, California, United States

September 4, 2022

Pros: The company has a good culture, and the people here are pretty nice.

Cons: Relatively low salary compared to others.

Pretty good culture

Software Engineer • Current Employee

San Jose, California, United States

September 4, 2022

Pros: The company has a good culture, and the people here are pretty nice.

Cons: Relatively low salary compared to others.

eBay Search is the most political and the worst group I have ever worked in during my career

Software Engineer • Current Employee

San Jose, California, United States

Pros: Competitive salary, MacBook. Stock is doing fine.

Cons: eBay search is run in a very disorganized fashion. They are developing a new search engine which only a few folks are allowed to touch. The rest of the engineers are not utilized properly, and no one cares for the end product. Most engineers have left the group, and many are in the process of leaving the group. Managers lack technical expertise and are busy playing politics and using one against another. This was not the case earlier. I would seriously advise you not to join the search group, as this will be a total waste of time.

eBay Search is the most political and the worst group I have ever worked in during my career

Software Engineer • Current Employee

San Jose, California, United States

Pros: Competitive salary, MacBook. Stock is doing fine.

Cons: eBay search is run in a very disorganized fashion. They are developing a new search engine which only a few folks are allowed to touch. The rest of the engineers are not utilized properly, and no one cares for the end product. Most engineers have left the group, and many are in the process of leaving the group. Managers lack technical expertise and are busy playing politics and using one against another. This was not the case earlier. I would seriously advise you not to join the search group, as this will be a total waste of time.

Solid place to work

Software Engineer • Current Employee

San Jose, California, United States

September 2, 2021

Pros: Friendly management. Many teams have great work-life balance. All opinions are respected.

Cons: Work-life balance could be poor depending on the team you're on. There does not feel like there is a lot of upward mobility.

5.0
Solid place to work
Software Engineer • Current Employee
San Jose, California, United States
September 2, 2021
Pros: Friendly management. Many teams have great work-life balance. All opinions are respected.
Cons: Work-life balance could be poor depending on the team you're on. There does not feel like there is a lot of upward mobility.

Pretty good culture

Software Engineer • Current Employee

San Jose, California, United States

September 4, 2022

Pros: The company has a good culture, and the people here are pretty nice.

Cons: Relatively low salary compared to others.

4.0
Pretty good culture
Software Engineer • Current Employee
San Jose, California, United States
September 4, 2022
Pros: The company has a good culture, and the people here are pretty nice.
Cons: Relatively low salary compared to others.

eBay Search is the most political and the worst group I have ever worked in during my career

Software Engineer • Current Employee

San Jose, California, United States

Pros: Competitive salary, MacBook. Stock is doing fine.

Cons: eBay search is run in a very disorganized fashion. They are developing a new search engine which only a few folks are allowed to touch. The rest of the engineers are not utilized properly, and no one cares for the end product. Most engineers have left the group, and many are in the process of leaving the group. Managers lack technical expertise and are busy playing politics and using one against another. This was not the case earlier. I would seriously advise you not to join the search group, as this will be a total waste of time.

1.0
eBay Search is the most political and the worst group I have ever worked in during my career
Software Engineer • Current Employee
San Jose, California, United States
May 31, 2013
Pros: Competitive salary, MacBook. Stock is doing fine.
Cons: eBay search is run in a very disorganized fashion. They are developing a new search engine which only a few folks are allowed to touch. The rest of the engineers are not utilized properly, and no one cares for the end product. Most engineers have left the group, and many are in the process of leaving the group. Managers lack technical expertise and are busy playing politics and using one against another. This was not the case earlier. I would seriously advise you not to join the search group, as this will be a total waste of time.

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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