I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Airbnb
Interview
Contacted by recruiter online, and got 2 phone screens. Both phone screens were bad experience. The interviewer in the first question seems to be working on her own work, and was not answering my clarifying questions. I felt like talking to a wall. Second interviewer was the same thing, kept repeating the question without clarifying it. I imagined working here and you were suppose to work on a project and all your peer or manager could tell you is do xxx, oh u mean a, b, c? Just do xxx. *this is where I roll my eyes*
Recruiter Screen (30m): High-level team and project overview.Tech Screen (45m): Simple coding question followed by a diffcult follow-up. Time is very tight, so implement the first part quickly and focus on making your code easily extensible for the follow-up requirements.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
An OOD style or implementation exstensive coding question. Logic is simple, no algorithm involved.
I applied online. I interviewed at Airbnb in Jul 2026
Interview
Just doing online assessments on codeSignal, be sure to get familiar with the platfor before you start, will be 4 level of quesiton, which is like keep improve your solution levle by level.
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
Tell me about the tech stack you've worked with before
Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Airbnb with 3.4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 41% positive. To compare, the company-average is 44% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 21 days to get hired, when considering 197 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 Software Engineer according to 197 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 44%
One on one interview: 21%
Skills test: 11%
Presentation: 8%
Personality test: 6%
Group panel interview: 5%
Background check: 2%
Other: 2%
Drug test: 1%
IQ intelligence test: 0%
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