eBay·Software Engineer

eBay Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Hard

Negative

United StatesPosted Jan 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My process started with an online screening assessment, and a recruiter reached out with details about the role and the interview flow.

The screening led into two rounds of technical interviews that happened on the same day, so it moved pretty quickly.

When it came time for the coding portion I ended up doing standard LeetCode-style problems, including challenges involving 2D arrays and similar patterns. What really bothered me was the setup: the coding interview was offline, so no one joined while I was solving. I felt like I was just working in isolation, which made the whole thing feel unusually impersonal.

I wasn’t surprised that I didn’t receive an offer, but I was genuinely frustrated by how disconnected the interview

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