Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at eBay with 3.1 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 46% positive. To compare, the company-average is 54.7% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 17 days to get hired, when considering 200 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 Software Engineer according to 200 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 36%
One on one interview: 20%
Skills test: 13%
Presentation: 8%
Group panel interview: 7%
Personality test: 4%
Background check: 4%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
Drug test: 2%
Other: 2%
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I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at eBay (San Jose, CA)
Interview
I interviewed for a couple of positions through recruiters.
Had a mixed experience.
1st one the interviewers were very friendly and welcoming, i failed most probably due to my own small mistakes at the system design part. But the entire process was really seamless and just the feedback part was too lengthy and i had to follow up multiple times to know that i am not selected.
Now comes the real experience, 2nd position which i applied for , i cleared the phone screen and the coding interview and was called onsite.
It was a 5 - 6 round onsite . First round there was a mix up of rooms and we did not find a room booked , really ?? Is that the way we plan at ebay?
However the interviews started , typical leetcode problems. I agree i did not give the best answers , but the interviewers ? They were literally unclear about the cross questions i asked. One of them he walked in 20 mins late and with his lunch in hand. Was literally rude with the questions , like he wanted to prove his superiority at me.
Why did your current client not convert you ? Is that a question to be asked here ?
He himself was not clear about the design question asked and on cross questions made faces , really?
One of them was even great , started working on his laptop and no response to what i am doing on the white board.
Felt like walking out but i kept my cool and finished the horrible experience somehow.
They did not even have the politeness to tell the feedback till now.
The interview process started with a 30-minute recruiter screening, which focused on my background, experience, and interest in the role. The recruiter also provided an overview of the team and position.
The next round was a 1-hour technical interview. I was asked to design and implement a Spring Boot application for an e-commerce website. The discussion covered REST API design, entity modeling, service and repository layers, application architecture, and coding best practices. The interviewer also asked follow-up questions about scalability, error handling, and design decisions made during the implementation.
Overall, the interview was technical and practical, focusing on real-world backend development skills using Spring Boot.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Implement a Spring Boot application for an e-commerce website.
The process starts with a call screening with HR, then 2 rounds of code screenings, followed by system design interview, and finally behavioural interview with hiring manager. The process took 1 month
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Leet code medium question and follow up questions about data structure
There were five rounds in the process: an initial recruiter call, a first manager call, followed by three technical rounds in a loop.
In the first round, they assessed whether my background aligned with the role requirements. During the manager call, I was expecting a coding round, but instead, they asked three situational questions. After that, I received a rejection.