I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Airbnb (Barcelona) in May 2023
Interview
The HR person was very unprofessional and did not even mention what would the interview be about, or with whom. The interview was scheduled 2 weeks prior, and I only discovered one day before that the interview will include a live SQL test, while she could've told me earlier to prepare, she also did not say who I am meeting with, I thought I will be meeting with HR, or someone for the Data team, to my surprise I was meeting with someone from the Markets Acquisition team. Overall super negative experience, showed me the level of unprofessionalism in Airbnb, I wouldn't want to work there.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
- Live SQL test - Questions about Airbnb metrics and what would affect them.
I applied online. I interviewed at Airbnb (Los Angeles, CA) in Dec 2023
Interview
3 interviews
1) One-on-one
Overall pretty tough, had me sweating. Lots of substantive legal knowledge questions, pretty in-depth and complex, opinions on relevant legal topics within specific field, really nothing behavioral or any "typical" questions
(This may be unique; interviewer went off-script)
2) Team panel
3) Someone outside team
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you compare the state of xyz law in the US to the EU? Do you have a specific example of a law and provision in mind?
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Airbnb (Philadelphia, PA) in Dec 2019
Interview
I had a data challenge in which I had about a week to complete a task evaluating the impact of an initiative on bookings.
This was followed by a technical phone interview (about 1 hour) with a data science manager focused on knowledge of A/B testing and similar topics and a cultural fit interview focused on company values.
Finally, I had a phone interview with a data science manager similar to the first technical interview but a bit harder.
The whole process took about 4 weeks to complete and each interview was about 1 hour long.
The recruiters were very responsive throughout.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Imagine that Airbnb creates a new feature which highlights top hosts in an area to guests. How would you design an experiment to estimate the impact of this feature?
