I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Airbnb
Interview
The more irritating interview experience ever. I applied through a referral and this is related to a telephonic interview.
The interview was supposed to be for 45 minutes, but the interviewer called 10 minutes late, He then went ahead to ask a really vague question without being clear on what he wanted me to do in certain edge cases. There were multiple times where he would say, "Hmm, I think we can do this in that scenario." After 15 minutes of starting the call, we finally got to start coding the answer. And within 5 minutes this guy is like. "Let me remind you that you have only 10 minutes left". 5 minutes after that, "Let me remind you, you have only 5 minutes left."
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Pretty sure they don't want people to be sharing questions for their interview.
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
