eBay·Software Engineer

eBay Software Engineer interview experience

Posted Feb 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

After I cleared the OA, I got a call about a virtual interview, and the recruiter didn’t seem totally sure what the questions would be.

What they did communicate clearly was urgency—they wanted to schedule quickly and finish that round fast. That uncertainty made me feel a bit exposed going in, but I still went ready for a mix of coding and more general interview topics.

The virtual process ended up being a screening round followed by three rounds (Round 1, Round 2, Round 3). Across the loop, I saw a DSA question in the early part, then an API design question, and then two more DSA-style questions spread later. I also got pulled into system design at a high level, where the expectation was a higher-level design discussion,

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