J'ai postulé en ligne. Le processus a pris 4 semaines. J'ai passé un entretien chez Airbnb (San Francisco, CA) en oct. 2018
Entretien
Got a hackerrank, medium/hard question. Solved it and got a "virtual onsite" scheduling request in a couple of days.
The virtual onsite was basically 2 phone interviews, both technical. The questions were not that hard, but not super easy. The main difficulty was finishing the questions and the follow-up in just 45 minutes.
Within a few days, I heard back about an onsite. The onsite was 3 interviews: 2 behavioral (aka "cross-functional") and 1 technical. The technical was definitely the hardest of the technical questions I had yet. The cross-functionals were also not easy. They will press you for more clarity if you give an overly-vague answer. Don't assume you can just talk your way around the questions.
Heard back with an offer about a week after. The recruiting staff were all super transparent and helpful. Great experience overall.
J'ai postulé en ligne. J'ai passé un entretien chez Airbnb
Entretien
Received an email from the recruiter with some helpful tips how to prepare. I have not been practicing leetcode questions but the one I got was easy... if it was in python (was not an option)
J'ai postulé en ligne. Le processus a pris 3 semaines. J'ai passé un entretien chez Airbnb en oct. 2019
Entretien
After the university Hackerrank test, I received an email in about a week to do a 90-minutes phone interview. The questions were moderately tough compared to other FAANGULTAD interviews.
The first interview went well and I was able to come up with a working solution within the given timeframe. The interviewer seemed to be satisfied with the solution and I proceeded to the second round. The second interview didn't go as expected though. The interviewer was nice but was inexperienced at interviewing candidates. I usually try to brainstorm a few ideas, discuss my solutions with the interviewer, and pick the best solution and code it up. However, whenever I verbally expressed my thought process, the interviewer intervened and asked if this is the best and tried to nudge me down towards his way of thinking. I really appreciate that he was trying to help, but not everyone's thought process works the same. I could've ultimately arrived at the same optimized solution but because the interviewer kept interrupting throughout my initial brainstorming stage, my thoughts got tangled up and did not perform too well. I was able to get to a working solution, but I think the second interviewer was dissatisfied that I couldn't think in his way immediately. I think Airbnb should train interviewers better to get the most out of their candidates.
J'ai postulé en ligne. Le processus a pris 2 mois. J'ai passé un entretien chez Airbnb (San Francisco, CA) en déc. 2018
Entretien
Hacker rank -> virtual onsite -> onsite. They usually got back within a week of the interview. The technical questions varied a lot but were usually difficult. The office is really great!
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
Talk about how your life relates to airbnb core values.