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Software Engineer Interview Experience - San Jose, California

July 1, 2018
Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I had a one-hour phone interview with a Senior Engineer.

She asked me to speak about one of my projects and then moved on to a coding challenge.

I walked her through how I would solve the question using O(n) time and O(n) space, but she wanted me to optimize it, requiring me to use O(1) space.

I tried to come up with an O(n log n) solution but failed some of the test cases.

Given her requirements, I was hoping she might provide some hints because she clearly had a specific solution in mind.

We ran out of time, and I didn't get a chance to solve it using the solution I originally proposed.

I received a response after 10 days after emailing the recruiter.

Questions

Find missing integers in an array of size n.

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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.

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