I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at eBay (San Jose, CA) in Dec 2016
Interview
I had to face 2 initial telephone screens, one by the hiring manager and the other by two team members, asking about current job experiences, few technical NLP questions (just intuitive explanations). Finally, they called me onsite.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Onsite interview consisted of one hour research presentation and six technical interviews comprising of questions related to Machine Learning as well as coding. For coding please refer Leetcode. Most of the problems were easy. 2 Easy level and 2 Medium level problems from Leetcode. Machine learning questions were specific to the role and also in general the most common techniques like PCA, SVM, Backpropagation, Hidden Markov Models, Viterbi Algorithm, etc.
I applied through other source. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at eBay in Nov 2015
Interview
I had a total of 5 interview s. The interviewers were very talented and smart. The recruiter was very prompt and very helpful. The senior people were very helpful and gave really good advice on career choices and picking between various companies. In short it was the best interview experience that I had.
Research Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at eBay with 4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 54.7% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Research Engineer roles take an average of 39 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at eBay overall takes an average of 22 days.
Common stages of the interview process at eBay as a Research Engineer according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 40%
One on one interview: 40%
Presentation: 20%
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