Airbnb Interview Questions

Interview

Three rounds for 30 minutes. I was called by the recruiter who then informed me about the role and set up interviews with three different team members. 2/3 interviews were with the team, and 1/3 of the interview was with a non-team member. Interviews were very standard and straightforward.

Application

I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Airbnb (San Francisco, CA).

Interview

An Airbnb recruiter reached out. After an initial introductory phone call, they sent me the take-home assignment.

I spent 20 hours in this assignment to later be rejected with a generic email, and no further answers to my questions for feedback.

Application

I applied online. The process took 2+ months. I interviewed at Airbnb.

Interview

Very specific process. Not hard, more so tedious.
Didn’t make it past the on-site, but my studying paid off for other high caliber companies. It’s ironic.

I spent 3 months of my time studying for phone and onsite interview combined. Paid off for the phone interview.

Realized I studied all the wrong things for the on-site and would’ve had better luck talking to an AirBnB engineer to understand how they approach problems (which isn’t the same as many other companies). You live and you learn

Application

I applied online. The process took 2+ months. I interviewed at Airbnb (San Francisco, CA).

Interview

Consisted of a recruiter round followed by a phone call with hiring manager and then a 4-5 hour onsite where they grill you as much as they can. The interview panel was a mix of good and bad, but a lot of cross functional stakeholders who you have no idea how they work with the team, keep questioning you and kept on interrupting while answering.
Worst part is after you invest so much time in preparing and interviewing the recruiter just sends an automated email with no feedback at all even after following up multiple times (marketing recruiters need some training on candidate interaction).

Application

I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Airbnb.

Interview

Nice office space. The technical part of the interview is pretty standard: coding, design etc. The culture fit rounds are a bit unique. Try to get out of the technical mindset when attending these rounds.

Application

I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Airbnb (Miami, FL) in February 2020.

Interview

Great process with the recruiter for one on one scan and pre-interview prep but face to face was super formal and not conversational. Interviewer seem robotic and not very interested in actually getting to know me as a possible employee. Interviewer was also 10 minutes late.

Application

I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3+ months. I interviewed at Airbnb (San Francisco, CA) in January 2020.

Interview

The process dragged out over 3 months, lots of lag time between rounds of interviews. 5 rounds total:
Recruiter screen
Hiring manager interview
Second manager interview
Values interview round
VP level interview
Each round was a mix of situational questions and behavioral interview questions. All the interviewers were very warm and inviting, second to last they have you do two 30-min “values based” interviews with employees in other departments at Airbnb which I thought was a cool way for them to communicate their culture. In the end I didn’t get an offer and got no feedback as to why after being strung along for several months. Recruiter was friendly and checked in frequently

Application

I applied online. I interviewed at Airbnb.

Interview

They reached out for me to complete their video interview. I didn't make it past the video interview round. The interview was confusing as it showed the question and then gave you about 15 seconds to think before responding.

Application

I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Airbnb (Philadelphia, PA) in December 2019.

Interview

I had a data challenge in which I had about a week to complete a task evaluating the impact of an initiative on bookings.
This was followed by a technical phone interview (about 1 hour) with a data science manager focused on knowledge of A/B testing and similar topics and a cultural fit interview focused on company values.
Finally, I had a phone interview with a data science manager similar to the first technical interview but a bit harder.
The whole process took about 4 weeks to complete and each interview was about 1 hour long.
The recruiters were very responsive throughout.

Application

I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Airbnb.

Interview

Pretty standard interview process. I first interviewed with a recruiter then the hiring manager. Before the interview with the hiring manager I was asked to complete an assignment which essentially felt like free labor. I felt like I wasn't been asked the right questions and at times even questioned or doubted for certain answers. There was also no timeline laid out or set of expectations.