eBay·Software Engineer

eBay Software Engineer interview experience

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I got pulled in by a third-party recruiter for an SDE role at eBay, and I honestly wasn’t super motivated, so I treated it like a try-and-see.

What surprised me was how quickly things moved: there wasn’t an HR call or a separate technical screen. Instead, I was booked for a six-hour virtual onsite right away, split into three sessions. The first two sessions were pair programming, so it felt like a real back-and-forth from the start rather than an interview where I’d just talk through an approach.

The day had that “build and explain” vibe: I worked through problems with an interviewer in the same room, and we discussed choices as they came up. After those sessions, the overall structure still kept a steady technical focus through

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