Senior Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Airbnb with 3.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 27% positive. To compare, the company-average is 44% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Senior Software Engineer roles take an average of 18 days to get hired, when considering 22 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 Senior Software Engineer according to 22 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 47%
One on one interview: 26%
Presentation: 12%
Skills test: 9%
Group panel interview: 3%
Other: 3%
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I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Airbnb in Oct 2024
Interview
Only had the first tech screening round of 45 mins where the interviewer directly asked a Leetcode hard problem. The interviewer was not interested in helping or giving hints.
I somehow managed to solve the problem for some test cases which interviewer had with him and all passed.
It seems that interviewer didn't solve the problem himself, he just knew the solution and wanted the correct answer. He took 10 mins extra where he worked on identifying a test case that fails.
Overall, given the length of interview (45 mins), leetcode hard can only be solved if you have previously solved the same problem and remember each step of it. Otherwise, devising a solution there without hints is difficult.
Recruiter is super responsive and helping with team matching. People are friendly. Process is standard. Coding question is difficult which is like leetcode hard question. SD interview is standard but question is specific to Airbnb domain.
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Airbnb in Feb 2026
Interview
Entrevista muito curta, prevista pra 15min mas acho que nem chegou a isso. Poucas perguntas e pouco espaço para o candidato falar sobre a sua experiência, nem a câmera a recrutadora ligou
1. HR screen
The HR asked about my experience and mentioned that their coding question is very difficult. So, we scheduled the first technical interview for two weeks later.
2. 1st technical interview
Just the coding question, no more self-intro and project dive.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
A Leetcode hard problem about maze, which could use BFS to resolve