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Updated Jun 11, 2013
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Software Developer at eBay

No Offer – Interviewed in May 2013 – Reviewed Jun 6, 2013 New

Interview Details – There were 2 back to back phone interviews, one was good , other one was difficult.

Interview Question – Implement a HashMap   Answer Question

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Software Engineer at eBay

Accepted Offer – Reviewed Jun 11, 2013 New

Interview Details – Phone Interview

Interview Question – Fibonacci Series using recursion and iteration. Ask to reduce number of recursive calls.   View Answer

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Software QA Engineer at eBay

Accepted Offer – Interviewed in Apr 2011 – Reviewed Jun 11, 2013 New

Interview Details – There was a phone screen followed by an onsite interview after a week. Interviewed by 6-7 engineers and one HR round onsite.

Interview Question – Mostly comprised of technical questions on algorithms, Java, programming   Answer Question

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Senior Product Manager at eBay

Accepted Offer – Interviewed in San Jose, CA – Reviewed Jun 7, 2013 New

Interview Details – Saw an ad on linkedin, followed up, was contacted within a week.
Had a round of phone interviews a week later.
Onsite Interview two weeks later.
Had an offer extended to me two weeks after that.
Negotiated to higher grade level

Interview Question – Interview panel is a random crap shoot as they rely on the hiring manager to suggest folks who can interview you. If any of them are unavailable or in need of substitute, they grab anyone really.

With that said, no guideline when it comes to interview questions, if you know your stuff and show vision you'll have a good chance. Really can't fake this.
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Negotiation Details – My advice is, find out what grade level you are offered the job at, and try to get one level higher if possible. Between 23-25 this may be possible, any higher I doubt you can.

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Customer Service Representative at eBay

Accepted Offer – Interviewed in San Jose, CA Jul 2009 – Reviewed May 28, 2013

Interview Details – I was a seller on eBay. eBay contacted me via email about joining them for their new investigations team. They asked for my phone number to call me. The phone interview lasted for about 20 minutes. They told me I would hear for sure the next day. They emailed the next day and said welcome to the team.

Interview Question – Asked about experience.   Answer Question

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Intern Data Engineer at eBay

No Offer – Interviewed in Seattle, WA – Reviewed May 16, 2013

Interview Details – Applied online, and contacted by an HR in two weeks. The first phone interview was a background screen with a manager. Followed with a second-round Skype interview with four interviewers from four teams. Both behavioral and technical questions were asked. Ask a lot about Linux and Hadoop.

Interview Question – In linux, how to search a string in a Gigabytes file and print that string in the terminal.   Answer Question

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Tools Engineering Intern at eBay

Accepted Offer – Interviewed in San Jose, CA – Reviewed May 8, 2013

Interview Details – Amazing. I interviewed for Operations Engineering, and the interviewer was the nicest guy I have ever met. At the end of the interview, he asked me what my ideal job would be at eBay, and personally set me up with the Tools Engineering team. After that, it was a few good, challenging, but respectful interviews, and I was offered employment.

Interview Question – Build a dictionary that would be useful for finding all of a permutations of a given word.   View Answer

Negotiation Details – I didn't negotiate because the offer was so astronomically good as is, but I've heard of people that have successfully negotiated easily.

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Software Manager at eBay

No Offer – Interviewed in Redmond, WA Jan 2013 – Reviewed May 2, 2013

Interview Details – Initial contact from ebay recruiter based on linkedin profile, set up initial get to know you call that was short and sweet. Arranged for an initial face 2 face with hiring manager which was fairly informal but went well - not a lot of tough questions just mostly background questions. Second round interview with a couple of potential peer managers, again fairly informal but did go into a few technical questions. Didn't hear from them again after second round, no response to email queries.

Interview Question – Walk through your process for normalizing a product category.   Answer Question

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Software Engineer Intern at eBay

Accepted Offer – Reviewed May 1, 2013

Interview Details – Was contacted via recruiter and scheduled an interview with the Hiring Manager the next day. After the brief talk with the manager, I was scheduled another interview with one of the software engineers. Asked about projects and how I would implement various features. He branched off my projects and skills to ask technical questions about jQuery, JS, HTML, CSS. Also asked about design questions both front-end and back-end.

Interview Question – Networking and how to handle getting live feed from two different remote places.   Answer Question

Negotiation Details – As an intern, they give you a competitive package in terms of salary and housing. There may be a chance for slight negotiation, but it depends on how your other offers stack up against theirs.

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New Grad Software Engineer at eBay

No Offer – Interviewed in San Jose, CA Dec 2012 – Reviewed Apr 29, 2013

Interview Details – It was initial phone interview. Asked everything from resume and then asked one data structure question. It was simple.

Interview Question – code 8 queens problem   Answer Question

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