I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Airbnb in Nov 2019
Interview
Was contacted by a recruiter a few weeks after an online application. Had an online coding challenge using HackerRank, and heard back for two back-to-back technical interviews a week after the coding challenge. After three business days, the recruiter sent an email letting me know I was rejected. Overall, they're very approachable and nice, though the interview questions were a bit out of the ordinary in complexity.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given a hashmap that maps a string name to a list of preferences, return a list of events that matches each person's preferences. If there are conflicts in order of preferences, return empty list.
“Three rounds in total. After a short recruiter screen, I had two 45-minute technical coding interviews on Zoom/CoderPad (data structures, algorithms, edge cases, complexity) followed by one 45-minute cross-team values interview focused on collaboration, ownership, communication, and product sense. No heavy system design. All interviews were virtual, interviewers were friendly and left time for questions. The process took about two weeks from scheduling to decision.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Airbnb (Sunnyvale, CA) in Feb 2025
Interview
It was a two-round, 45-minute technical interview. After you pass these two interviews, you will have another two, 45-minute technical interviews, one behavioral and one technical. Expect leetcode medium and hard question
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Airbnb in Oct 2022
Interview
OA then Interview process, Hackerrank with 2 questions but didn't make it to next round due to head count issues. I would say hackerrank is medium to hard level questions.
Airbnb interviews FAQs
Software Engineer(Internship) 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 53% positive. To compare, the company-average is 44% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer(Internship) roles take an average of 24 days to get hired, when considering 55 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(Internship) according to 55 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 49%
Presentation: 26%
One on one interview: 10%
Drug test: 7%
IQ intelligence test: 4%
Other: 1%
Group panel interview: 1%
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