eBay·Software Engineer

eBay Software Engineer interview experience

Got offer

Medium

Positive

San Jose, CAPosted Sep 2024 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My process included a coding evaluation that felt more hands-on than a typical LeetCode-style session.

I had to debug something and then write test cases as part of the technical assessment. Before that, I went through the platform step they used that auto-guided the setup, and once that part clicked, the rest wasn’t as bad.

The interviewers I spoke with were genuinely nice, which made the evaluation feel less stressful. I still didn’t end up with an offer, but the overall technical vibe was at least fair in the sense that it was straightforward to understand what I needed to do once I got past the initial entry steps.

What stayed with me was how quickly the tone changed after I got used to

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