eBay·Software Engineer

eBay Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Medium

Positive

IndiaPosted May 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My process started with a recruiter call where they basically checked whether my background aligned with what they were looking for.

After that, I had a manager call where I expected it to turn into a coding-style discussion, but instead they asked a set of three situational questions.

That swap in format was the main surprise for me—there wasn’t a direct coding moment where I thought I’d get to demonstrate problem-solving. The questions were more about how I’d respond in scenario-like situations than about digging into technical depth.

Overall it didn’t end up going the way I hoped. I was rejected right after that manager stage, so I never got farther into technical rounds. Reflecting on it now, the hardest part was how

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