I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at eBay in Jun 2022
Interview
I applied in June for a role in Amsterdam. The process took about 1 month
There was a round with hiring manager,
Then 1h technical screening, a bit of theory, a bit of coding, nothing overcomplicated
2nd screening was more about fit into the project.
After that a final coding round was scheduled. In fact there were 2 meetings 2.5h then 1h break and another 30 minutes. I expected some leetcode, some design but they gave me a take home style assignment, which I had to finish before the next call. I asked some questions then the interviewer dropped off. It wasn't complicated but rather big for such amount of time. There was a vague part were a candidate is supposed to come up with something creative but again, too little time for the task. I had to present my code on the next call.
And their recruiter ghosted me. Pinged him after 10 days, got "we expected more" bla-bla and that was it.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
LC easy-medium, a follow up like do the same but without extra memory.
Take home assignment in live coding mode
The interview process was pretty straightforward and well organized. I had a technical interview that focused on backend API design. The interviewer was professional and the questions were reasonable for a senior software engineer role. Overall the experience was positive and the communication was clear.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Springboot api white board write component like Service, repository, controller, model.
Question like
1. different way of dependency injection, when should we use constructor/method injection.
2. handle exception in controller. (I didnt, because in my exp, I usually use exception handler (AOP feature), auto handle exceptions)
3. except for AOP and exception handler what else we could handle exception for all controller. Interviewer said advice, but it think this is also belong to AOP concept...
4. Springboot how to switch application-property basing on env. what is profile. how to set env variable.
I applied online. I interviewed at eBay (Bengaluru) in Feb 2026
Interview
Applied for the job on their portal. Have listed 9 points:-
(1) No candidate account creation so we can’t track our application.
(2) A week later, i got an email from HR for asking few details.
(3) Two days later I saw mail from
Ebay to give a “CodeSignal” online test. The details in the mail were very misleading and I had some doubts.
(4) I got no call from HR asking me to give the test. Which will also give me opportunity to clear my doubts. I had to mail back to HR asking him/her when’s the last date to submit. No response came from HR.
(5) 2 days later I completed the test just for the sake of it. It was 4 levels of coding to be done within 90 mins. I was able to complete only 3 correctly.
(6) Intimated HR about the completion of test. No response
(7) Three days later I get a call from another HR and schedules “round-1 interview” with wrong details in calendar invite. My name was totally different in the invite / mail (which they corrected the next day).
(8) Gave round-1 interview. It was 1:1 online tech discussion for an hour which went fine.
(9) Its been more than 10 days, I did not get single reply from HR nor I got a “noreply” email from company. I followed up thrice in these 10 days. Seems like they ghosted me!
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
CodeSignal test. It's not the same for everyone. You will have to switch on front cam and share screen to give the test. No one to proctor.
Waste of time. Told me to study leet code. Interview was nothing like leetcode. Expected me to write service in 30 mins.
Interviewer wasn’t professional. Asked weird questions.
Would not recommend to waste time.