I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Airbnb in Oct 2020
Interview
Interview steps
1. Recruiter conversation
2. Technical phone interview
3. (optional) Technical phone interview
4. Onsite
The process was a very traditional software engineering interview. I got asked to do a second phone interview after the first one was a bit of a toss-up. I ended up having a bad day for the second phone interview and was rejected but the problems seemed very standard. The time between steps took a long time but everyone I talked to was great.
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Airbnb in Feb 2026
Interview
Entrevista muito curta, prevista pra 15min mas acho que nem chegou a isso. Poucas perguntas e pouco espaço para o candidato falar sobre a sua experiência, nem a câmera a recrutadora ligou
1. HR screen
The HR asked about my experience and mentioned that their coding question is very difficult. So, we scheduled the first technical interview for two weeks later.
2. 1st technical interview
Just the coding question, no more self-intro and project dive.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
A Leetcode hard problem about maze, which could use BFS to resolve
Got an email from a recruiter 3 months after applying. 45 min coding assessment was the next round. You have to be flawless to pass this stage. I figured out the hardest part of the problem by myself but needed a hint for the other part. Wrote up the entire thing and didn't pass it. So unnatural.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Leetcode binary search style question with a mathematical twist