I applied through an employee referral. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Airbnb (San Francisco, CA) in Jun 2015
Interview
The process took almost 6 weeks from start to finish. The recruiter was professional, friendly and helpful. After an initial phone screening, the team reviewed my portfolio, then gave me a design challenge. A senior designer reviewed my challenge, and we had a 1 hour phone conversation. Then I proceeded to the last and final round of an in-person interview which opened with case study presentation and moved into one-on-one interviews.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you design this application for android?
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Airbnb in Jun 2025
Interview
After a long, needlessly drawn out interview process, I was essentially ghosted.
I sent 2 polite follow ups over the course of 3 weeks. Each time the recruiter replied with a vague promise to follow up soon, but never did.
My takeaway is that Airbnb does not respect the time and effort recruits put into their interview process.
I received a screening call and a take home design challenge. The challenge was fairly simple however I got ghosted after finishing the challenge. I wish they gave me a response given the effort I put in.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Airbnb in Feb 2018
Interview
- Received an email from a recruiter and scheduled our first initial call.
- Had a call with the recruiter and a design manager.
- Had a 1:1 call with a design manager.
- Received a design exercise and was asked to complete in 1 week.
- Spent 15 hours working on the exercise and sent a presentation by email.
- Got a rejection email a week after I sent the presentation.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Reimagine and redesign an existing digital product of your choice that showcases your skills and abilities to solve a complex problem as a designer.
Product Designer applicants have rated the interview process at Airbnb with 3.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 33% positive. To compare, the company-average is 44% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Product Designer roles take an average of 35 days to get hired, when considering 6 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Airbnb overall takes an average of 29 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Airbnb as a Product Designer according to 6 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 21%
Group panel interview: 21%
Phone interview: 21%
Skills test: 16%
Presentation: 11%
Personality test: 5%
Background check: 5%
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