Airbnb Software Engineer interview experience

I went through multiple take-home or HackerRank-style coding screens that felt almost repetitive, and I kept pushing forward anyway. I eventually got into the last stretch where four panel interviews were lined up, but after the first couple of them I was abruptly told they were cancelling the rest because they had too many candidates. What stuck with me most was how little feedback I received for all the interviews I’d already completed, and how unfair it felt that timing and scheduling availability on the recruiting side could decide the outcome.

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