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      Software Engineer III Interview

      Jul 26, 2024
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Portland, OR
      No offer
      Neutral experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at eBay (Portland, OR) in Jul 2024

      Interview

      I interviewed in Portland, OR, and the entire process took two weeks. The stages included a basic screening interview, followed by a coding interview, a system design interview, and an interview with the hiring manager. The recruiter was excellent, providing quick responses and feedback throughout. However, one of the interviewers seemed unprepared and focused excessively on syntax rather than logic. The other interviewers were knowledgeable and conducted thorough assessments.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      sort list using merge sort. design notifications system java OOP, SOLID, and design patterns.
      Answer question

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      Software Engineer III Interview

      Jan 26, 2026
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Bengaluru
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at eBay (Bengaluru) in Dec 2025

      Interview

      I was initially given an online screening assessment post which a recruiter reached out to me with details of the position and the interview process which included 2 rounds of technical on the same day

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Easy-Medium level Data structures and algorithm questions for both rounds.
      Answer question

      Software Engineer III Interview

      Apr 17, 2025
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at eBay in Mar 2025

      Interview

      I applied online, meet with a recruiter within a week, went through a leetcode round then the 5 hour final round consisting of system design, code refactoring, algorithm round and hiring manager. Honestly the most bipolar interview experience I've had, some of the interviewers you can tell are passionate about their job and the work, and on the other hand one interviewer used the interview as an extended lunch hour. focusing more on a subway footlong than me.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Standard hiring manager questions about conflicts, challenges from previous job
      Answer question
      1

      Software Engineer III Interview

      Oct 31, 2024
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Toronto, ON
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at eBay (Toronto, ON) in Oct 2024

      Interview

      The recruiter informed me that there would be a 1-hour screening round before progressing to five additional 1-hour rounds. The interviewer arrived nearly 10 minutes late and spent the first 20 minutes reviewing my recent architectural contributions on a virtual whiteboard. With 30 minutes left, they shifted to coding, which was more complex than expected, involving a lengthy object-oriented code task that typically requires over an hour to solve. Poor time management and structure were evident, and I only learned in the final minutes that they’d assigned the wrong interviewer for my level. Additionally, despite encouraging an expedited interview, they initially scheduled me and then rescheduled to a later slot, reflecting unprofessional planning on eBay’s and/or the recruiter's part.

      Interview questions [2]

      Question 1

      "Explain what contributions you had architecturally in your most recent workplace. Elaborate on the old and new system's design by drawing on the whiteboard."
      Answer question

      Question 2

      Java OOP code: Online order fulfillment algo for minimizing the cost of delivery by finding the nearest warehouses where the user's order items are available.
      Answer question
      1

      eBay interviews FAQs

      • Software Engineer III applicants have rated the interview process at eBay with 2.9 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 54.7% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
      • Candidates applying for Software Engineer III roles take an average of 35 days to get hired, when considering 8 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 III according to 8 Glassdoor interviews include:

        One on one interview:  32%

        Phone interview:  27%

        Background check:  23%

        Skills test:  18%

      • Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -

        1. Software Engineer(326) ;
        2. Customer Service Representative(239) ;
        3. Senior Software Engineer(157) ;
        4. Manager(101) ;
        5. Product Manager(88) ;
        6. Senior Manager(88) ;
        7. Senior Product Manager(86) ;
        8. Director(75) ;
        9. Intern(66) ;
        10. Business Analyst(63) ;
        11. Account Manager(59) ;
        12. MTS1 Software Engineer(58) ;
        13. Software Engineer II(55) ;
        14. Project Manager(52) ;
        15. Software Engineer III(42) .


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