eBay Software Engineer interview experience

Across the technical parts, the interviewers came across as friendly and patient, and they’d guide me when I got stuck, which made the experience feel less adversarial than I’d feared. The coding rounds were still the main load of the interview loop, but I remember the last round shifting gears—by then it was mostly about how I’d approached problems, explained tradeoffs, and handled different situations, with only short tech questions sprinkled in.

Overall, it was a tough enough process that I didn’t make it to the next phase. Even so, the tone stayed constructive, and I left feeling like