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      Software Engineer Interview

      Jun 11, 2017
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      San Francisco, CA
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at Airbnb (San Francisco, CA) in May 2017

      Interview

      Overall, this was a negative interview experience. The company highlights it respects every individual, men and women of all races, however, they actually do not respect the candidate. I'll explain my experience in detail. First, a little background about the interview process: After a phone interview, I was invited to their HQ in San Francisco for an onsite interview. The onsite interview includes two coding interviews, a project deep dive, two cross function interviews and two system design interviews. 1. The recruiter was never on time for phone calls before bringing me onsite. Among all the 5+ companies I interviewed in the same period, I never had this kind of experience. Airbnb recruiter was the most unprofessional one. If I need to take a 30-minute phone call during work, I have to make a good schedule and find a good spot. Airbnb, please respect your candidate and be on time; when you are late, at least reschedule a time instead of directly calling me when I am in the middle of work. 2. The onsite interview has a "project deep dive" session, and it essentially asks you every detail of a project you worked on. This is absurd and totally ignores the risk of leaking confidential information of the candidate's employer. I have to be very careful in this session and avoid some detailed information when answer questions of the interviewer, and obviously he was not satisfied. Airbnb, please respect confidentiality when designing your interviews! Among the 5+ companies I recently interview, I had the worst experience with Airbnb and I will not consider applying again.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      coding in a computer instead of whiteboard; behavior questions; system design questions.
      Answer question
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      Jun 4, 2026
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
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      Positive experience
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      Application

      I interviewed at Airbnb

      Interview

      Pretty standard engineering interview. Recruiter call, technical interview, system design. They also had a code review interview that I had never seen before. I thought it was a little trickier than average, but not horrible. Sucks that if you don't move to the next round you can't reapply for a year.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

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      Software Engineer Interview

      Apr 14, 2026
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      San Francisco, CA
      No offer
      Neutral experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Airbnb (San Francisco, CA) in Apr 2026

      Interview

      Submitted my application and the next day i received the coding assessment I did not speak to anyone it was all done online, Im still waiting to hear back on my results

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      Apr 18, 2026
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
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      Positive experience
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      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at Airbnb in Mar 2026

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      Had hiring manager call but got reject after the interview. The interview was around my past experience in the current company. Talked about how I influence roadmap, handle escalations and architect team’s initiatives,
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