eBay

Software Engineer (Internship) Interview Experience - San Jose, California

November 1, 2017

Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

All the interviewers were friendly and professional. They asked me questions step by step. Unfortunately, I wasn't ready at that time. I advise that you should be very familiar with your resume, as every technique you mentioned may be questioned. Also, be familiar with data structures and algorithms.

Questions

Data Structures and Algorithms

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 4 interview experiences for the eBay Software Engineer (Internship) role in San Jose, California.

Success Rate

25%

Pass Rate

eBay's interview process for their Software Engineer (Internship) roles in San Jose, California is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive50%

Neutral50%

Negative0%

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

eBay Work Experiences

Great company to start your career!

Software Engineer III • Current Employee

San Jose, California, United States

November 4, 2014

Pros: Great self-learning opportunities, great teamwork.

Cons: Hope to have more transparent management.

Great company to start your career!

Software Engineer III • Current Employee

San Jose, California, United States

November 4, 2014

Pros: Great self-learning opportunities, great teamwork.

Cons: Hope to have more transparent management.

Untreated workers, especially contract workers, were not treated well

Software Engineer • Current Employee

San Jose, California, United States

Pros: Pay is OK. The way it works generates quite a few short-term contract positions; however, it might not be worth it.

Cons: Employees have all the benefits and take all the good opportunities. Contractors have to do all the dirty work. The workplace is crowded and noisy.

Untreated workers, especially contract workers, were not treated well

Software Engineer • Current Employee

San Jose, California, United States

Pros: Pay is OK. The way it works generates quite a few short-term contract positions; however, it might not be worth it.

Cons: Employees have all the benefits and take all the good opportunities. Contractors have to do all the dirty work. The workplace is crowded and noisy.

Good for starting your career

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

San Jose, California, United States

February 20, 2016

Pros: Decent work-life balance and opportunities to work with the latest in tech.

Cons: Nothing game-changing. Reinventing the wheel over again.

Good for starting your career

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

San Jose, California, United States

February 20, 2016

Pros: Decent work-life balance and opportunities to work with the latest in tech.

Cons: Nothing game-changing. Reinventing the wheel over again.

Great company to start your career!

Software Engineer III • Current Employee

San Jose, California, United States

November 4, 2014

Pros: Great self-learning opportunities, great teamwork.

Cons: Hope to have more transparent management.

4.0
Great company to start your career!
Software Engineer III • Current Employee
San Jose, California, United States
November 4, 2014
Pros: Great self-learning opportunities, great teamwork.
Cons: Hope to have more transparent management.

Untreated workers, especially contract workers, were not treated well

Software Engineer • Current Employee

San Jose, California, United States

Pros: Pay is OK. The way it works generates quite a few short-term contract positions; however, it might not be worth it.

Cons: Employees have all the benefits and take all the good opportunities. Contractors have to do all the dirty work. The workplace is crowded and noisy.

2.0
Untreated workers, especially contract workers, were not treated well
Software Engineer • Current Employee
San Jose, California, United States
May 12, 2011
Pros: Pay is OK. The way it works generates quite a few short-term contract positions; however, it might not be worth it.
Cons: Employees have all the benefits and take all the good opportunities. Contractors have to do all the dirty work. The workplace is crowded and noisy.

Good for starting your career

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

San Jose, California, United States

February 20, 2016

Pros: Decent work-life balance and opportunities to work with the latest in tech.

Cons: Nothing game-changing. Reinventing the wheel over again.

4.0
Good for starting your career
Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee
San Jose, California, United States
February 20, 2016
Pros: Decent work-life balance and opportunities to work with the latest in tech.
Cons: Nothing game-changing. Reinventing the wheel over again.

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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