I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at eBay (San Jose, CA) in Jul 2018
Interview
1 hour phone interview with a Senior Engineer. She asked me to speak about one of my projects and then moved on to a coding challenge. I walked her through on how I would solve the question using O(n) time and O(n) space, but she wanted me to optimize it and made me use O(1) space. I tried to come up with a O(nlogn) solution but failed some of the test cases. Given her requirements I was hoping maybe she would provide some hints because she definitely wanted me to give the solution that she had in mind. We ran out of time and I didn't get a chance to solve it using the solution I originally told. Got a response after 10 days after emailing the recruiter.
The interview process started with a 30-minute recruiter screening, which focused on my background, experience, and interest in the role. The recruiter also provided an overview of the team and position.
The next round was a 1-hour technical interview. I was asked to design and implement a Spring Boot application for an e-commerce website. The discussion covered REST API design, entity modeling, service and repository layers, application architecture, and coding best practices. The interviewer also asked follow-up questions about scalability, error handling, and design decisions made during the implementation.
Overall, the interview was technical and practical, focusing on real-world backend development skills using Spring Boot.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Implement a Spring Boot application for an e-commerce website.
The process starts with a call screening with HR, then 2 rounds of code screenings, followed by system design interview, and finally behavioural interview with hiring manager. The process took 1 month
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Leet code medium question and follow up questions about data structure
There were five rounds in the process: an initial recruiter call, a first manager call, followed by three technical rounds in a loop.
In the first round, they assessed whether my background aligned with the role requirements. During the manager call, I was expecting a coding round, but instead, they asked three situational questions. After that, I received a rejection.
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