Airbnb·Software Engineer

Airbnb Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Medium

Negative

United StatesPosted Sep 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My experience left a sour taste because the process took so long and the communication never really helped.

Each step stretched out beyond a month, and by the end I’d lost interest. My recruiter was unresponsive and unhelpful, and the engineers I spoke with seemed disengaged.

At one point I moved into team matching after talking with a few hiring managers, and then the recruiter went silent for months despite follow-ups. I kept investing time and energy into interviews that were supposed to lead somewhere, but the lack of follow-through made it feel like candidate experience didn’t matter.

Eventually it didn’t work out, and I didn’t get an offer. Looking back, I was most disappointed by the

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