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Updated Feb 16, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Senior Software Engineer at eBay
Posted Feb 16, 2012
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Dec 2011 in San Jose, CA (took 3 months)
I got contacted by a recruiter back in Nov. We setup a time to talk, and then 2 phone interviews. One of them was primarily focused on Java. The other interviewer was more interested in general problem solving abilities, and my knowledge and experience with data mining. Both phone interviews went well and I was invited to an on-site interview.
I interviewed on-site for a couple of hours with 5 people and had lunch with the hiring manager. All interviewers were very nice to me and seemed interest in my experience and projects.
A week later I received a call from the recruiter saying they were giving me an offer. We went through the details and I accepted it. A few days later I was asked to complete all the necessary paperwork, including background check and references. Everything was fine up to that point. Then a new recruiter took over this hiring and we discussed relocation details etc.
A few days passed, then weeks, and I kept calling the recruiter to ask why I haven't gotten anything. The recruiter gave me different versions about the story, including that they were processing my offer letter. I've called them several times for many days and they sometimes answer the phone and say something different but never call me back.
To say the least, I am very disappointed. I declined two other job offers while I was going through this process, thinking I had a job. Now that I declined the other job offers, the recruiter doesn't even call me to tell me what happened to the job offer. Extremely unprofessional.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Background Check.
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Senior Software Engineer at eBay
Posted Aug 9, 2011 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Aug 2011 in San Jose, CA (took 1+ week)
Got a call from recruiter.
First was a phone screening which went well.
Second phone was horrible :
Interviewer was not at all interested in taking interview, inspite of all the correct answers he gave a negative feedback.
He was looking frustrated and was in super hurry looked like he was on a coffee break while taking interview.
Did complaint to recruiter ..
Interview Questions
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What are Id selectors ?
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Senior Software Engineer at eBay
Posted Jul 27, 2011
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Jul 2011 in San Jose, CA (took 2 weeks)
The interview consisted of the following questions:
1. Lowest common ancestor problem with different scenarios. The interviewer asked me to come up with all possible solutions and then compare them.
2. Hash table related question.
3. Producer consumer problem.
4. C++ STL questions and class related questions (constructor, destructor, automatic garbage collection)
5. Implementation of heap
6. questions related to resume
7. implementation of hash table and collision resolving techniques
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Negotiation Details
No negotiation. You either accept it or leave it.
Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Background Check.
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Senior Software Engineer at eBay
Posted Jun 11, 2011
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1.0
Very Easy Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed May 2011 in San Jose, CA (took a day)
Had a phone call from someone very junior who asked me very basic java questions and didn't even know the answers to some of the questions. I passed that one and the next was a coding exercise to be completed in 1 hour. I was able to complete more than half of it but the test timed out and the feedback was that I wasn't considered for the position. Not sure how they could judge the skills of a person based on a single phone interview and a coding puzzle.
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Senior Software Engineer at eBay
Posted Nov 6, 2010
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2010 (took 1+ week)
One of friend submitted my resume and got an email fixing a date for technical phone interview. The guy didn't call me first time and postponed it to another date.
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Senior Software Engineer at eBay
Posted Aug 17, 2010
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2010 in San Jose, CA (took 2 weeks)
All the questions were academical, not related directly to my experience. No questions around my experience. None of the interviewers had a copy of my resume. No questions were asked where I could show my problem solving skills ("what if" scenarios).
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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