eBay

Software Engineer (Internship) Interview Experience - Salt Lake City, Utah

February 1, 2019

Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

The recruiter asks about academic projects on my resume first.

Then, he gives me an algorithm problem.

The whole phone interview lasted 45 minutes.

I only had 20 minutes to solve the problem, and the recruiter wasn't even listening to my elaborations on the thinking process.

Questions

Basic Calculator III: Implement a basic calculator to evaluate a simple expression string. Also, check if the expression is valid or not.

Leetcode #772

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the eBay Software Engineer (Internship) role in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Success Rate

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Pass Rate

eBay's interview process for their Software Engineer (Internship) roles in Salt Lake City, Utah is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

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Negative100%

Candidates reported having very negative feelings for eBay's Software Engineer (Internship) interview process in Salt Lake City, Utah.

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Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

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Pros: Excellent company to work for. Great leadership. Loved my boss. They do a great job of annual planning and are extremely invested in the employees.

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5.0
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Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
October 17, 2025
Pros: Excellent company to work for. Great leadership. Loved my boss. They do a great job of annual planning and are extremely invested in the employees.
Cons: Lots of layers sometimes makes it difficult to get things done, but that’s to be expected in a company the size of eBay. Burnout can be a real thing in some roles.

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Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
February 16, 2024
Pros: It is not a place to work.
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Draper, Utah, United States

February 1, 2024

Pros: Nice people, flexible work schedule, willing to push out deadlines due to practical issues/considerations.

Cons: On multiple projects with different responsibilities at once, and yet still unclear what needed to be done to the point I didn’t have much to do most days. Maybe it was different in other departments, but in my section, I don’t think I heard “I don’t know the answer to that” or “I’m sorry about this problem” once from anyone but me. The more specific my questions about a specification or process got, the more silence I heard. Given the recent layoff (2024), people had reason to be afraid for their jobs.

3.0
Couldn’t Keep Me Busy
Software Engineer • Former Employee
Draper, Utah, United States
February 1, 2024
Pros: Nice people, flexible work schedule, willing to push out deadlines due to practical issues/considerations.
Cons: On multiple projects with different responsibilities at once, and yet still unclear what needed to be done to the point I didn’t have much to do most days. Maybe it was different in other departments, but in my section, I don’t think I heard “I don’t know the answer to that” or “I’m sorry about this problem” once from anyone but me. The more specific my questions about a specification or process got, the more silence I heard. Given the recent layoff (2024), people had reason to be afraid for their jobs.

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