eBay Software Engineer interview experience

The discussion covered the architecture of the current system I had experience with, what challenging tasks I’d handled, and how I worked through complex scenarios. We also talked about how strong I was with Spring Boot—what components I used and what my common responsibilities looked like.

After that, I moved into a round with an engineering manager that ended up feeling a bit unfocused. The interview wasn’t really anchored in deep project walkthroughs or technical execution; instead, it leaned heavily into a specific methodology or technology and the interviewer had trouble explaining the