eBay

Software Engineer Interview Experience

January 1, 2014

Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I applied online. It took about 30 days to get a call from HR. They scheduled a 40-minute technical phone interview with me. The interviewer was not responsive to my answers. Even though I was pretty sure of some of the answers to the questions, it still made me really nervous.

Questions

What's the difference between stack and heap in memory?

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 152 interview experiences for the eBay Software Engineer role in United States.

Success Rate

14%

Pass Rate

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

Experience Rating

Positive41%

Neutral32%

Negative26%

Candidates reported having good feelings for eBay's Software Engineer interview process in United States.

eBay Work Experiences

Good Start, Office Politics

Software Engineer • Former Employee

San Jose, California, United States

Pros: Good company to start a career. Good management and opportunities for learning. Good place without the hype.

Cons: Less learning, have to deal with office politics. Relatively fewer changes compared to other companies, but there are reorgs once in a while.

Good Start, Office Politics

Software Engineer • Former Employee

San Jose, California, United States

Pros: Good company to start a career. Good management and opportunities for learning. Good place without the hype.

Cons: Less learning, have to deal with office politics. Relatively fewer changes compared to other companies, but there are reorgs once in a while.

Ebay (India Product Center) Insider Review

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Pros: Nice, cool environment to work in. The facilities at the site are really good. You will have projects coming in 365 days a year.

Cons: The compensation is below par. No fairness in appraisal and promotions. No technical leadership in IPC, especially. Lot of work pressure.

Ebay (India Product Center) Insider Review

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Pros: Nice, cool environment to work in. The facilities at the site are really good. You will have projects coming in 365 days a year.

Cons: The compensation is below par. No fairness in appraisal and promotions. No technical leadership in IPC, especially. Lot of work pressure.

Great Work Life Balance

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Bellevue, Washington, United States

Pros: A great company to work at, as the culture is amazing. You always get the opportunity to research and create a better product, and leaders support you when you are customer-focused and trying to be innovative.

Cons: Not Applicable

Great Work Life Balance

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Bellevue, Washington, United States

Pros: A great company to work at, as the culture is amazing. You always get the opportunity to research and create a better product, and leaders support you when you are customer-focused and trying to be innovative.

Cons: Not Applicable

Good Start, Office Politics

Software Engineer • Former Employee

San Jose, California, United States

Pros: Good company to start a career. Good management and opportunities for learning. Good place without the hype.

Cons: Less learning, have to deal with office politics. Relatively fewer changes compared to other companies, but there are reorgs once in a while.

3.0
Good Start, Office Politics
Software Engineer • Former Employee
San Jose, California, United States
March 6, 2023
Pros: Good company to start a career. Good management and opportunities for learning. Good place without the hype.
Cons: Less learning, have to deal with office politics. Relatively fewer changes compared to other companies, but there are reorgs once in a while.

Ebay (India Product Center) Insider Review

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Pros: Nice, cool environment to work in. The facilities at the site are really good. You will have projects coming in 365 days a year.

Cons: The compensation is below par. No fairness in appraisal and promotions. No technical leadership in IPC, especially. Lot of work pressure.

2.0
Ebay (India Product Center) Insider Review
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
June 19, 2010
Pros: Nice, cool environment to work in. The facilities at the site are really good. You will have projects coming in 365 days a year.
Cons: The compensation is below par. No fairness in appraisal and promotions. No technical leadership in IPC, especially. Lot of work pressure.

Great Work Life Balance

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Bellevue, Washington, United States

Pros: A great company to work at, as the culture is amazing. You always get the opportunity to research and create a better product, and leaders support you when you are customer-focused and trying to be innovative.

Cons: Not Applicable

5.0
Great Work Life Balance
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Bellevue, Washington, United States
March 3, 2025
Pros: A great company to work at, as the culture is amazing. You always get the opportunity to research and create a better product, and leaders support you when you are customer-focused and trying to be innovative.
Cons: Not Applicable

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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