What is the hiring process like at eBay?

eBay has strong brand recognition. The company offers flexible working in terms of remote vs hybrid, decent benefits, and opportunities to learn from a large scale global organization. The healthcare options are okay.

My experience as a Black employee in the Product Marketing organization was deeply disappointing. There are significant disparities in how Black employees are treated and valued compared to others, particularly in titles, compensation, and opportunities for advancement. Many Black employees are in contractor or lower level titles, and there’s a noticeable lack of representation in leadership. While the company as a whole isn’t terrible, the culture within the Product Marketing org does not reflect true inclusion or equity. If you’re a person of color, I would advise being cautious and asking direct questions about diversity, advancement, and support during the interview process.

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The interview process was a complete joke. Management is cowardly and very incompetent... will "quiet fire" you by assigning work to contractor and removing permission to tools. Too many quiet layoffs to increase stock price and a protect a stagnant company with no innovation... truly LLMs will be running ebay's infrastructure in 2-5 years

Great interview process with exceptional response rates

Some things were non negotiable

Pay is very good and each year you get an increase depending on how well you have done the previous year as well as if you went beyond your role and did things like creating reports on how something is or isn't working etc. Benefits are great, VHI, EAP etc.

You're expected to work on other lines if they are busy so everyone is cross trained but it's the bare basics which isn't helpful when you are asked difficult questions. They pretend to care about your mental or physical health and advise you not to come in if unwell but when you go back, they have to do a return to work interview and the questions asked make you feel like you've caused more work for everyone for being our sick. "How do you think your absence affects the team and department overall" "what will you do in the future to make sure this doesn't happen again" Hard to progress in certain roles and interview process is weird, they use a STAR method

The work culture is relaxed. In Germany they have recently got a grant from US to boost their business, so they are actively hiring. Some of the people are really helpful and integrating. All in all, a great overall experience if you are looking to start your career or looking to progress it in the field of e-commerce.

German language requirement. If you are someone who is not German or do not know German language that much, then prepare yourself for a somewhat rough journey ahead. Again, not everyone is like that, but most of the time, besides work, you will feel isolated.

Amazing benefits great pay awesome training program and just a amazing cafeteria.

Long multiple step interview process

Culturally eBay has been and will always be a great place to work. The talent in eBay is unmatched and is always encouraged

A lot of departments and sub departments makes it tiresome to look for the right person to approach for any task

Good brand value and exposure to large-scale products.

The expectations for delivering new features are extremely unrealistic. Sometimes teams are expected to deliver new functionality within 1–2 days even when the feature needs to be built from scratch. At the same time, requirements are often unclear or keep changing every week, yet the expectation is still to deliver on time. The working model communicated during joining was 3 days work from office depending on project needs, but later the policy became stricter. Similarly, it was initially communicated that there would not be strict in-time or out-time requirements as long as project work was completed, but now strict office login hours are enforced. There is also a strong presence of internal groupings based on language, background, and internal politics, often driven by older employees or US-returned employees. During hiring and performance evaluations, partiality sometimes appears to depend on where someone comes from or which group they belong to. Many senior employees do not provide clear technical inputs or guidance. In some cases, small changes are stretched across 3–4 months, while newer employees who joined recently are expected to deliver complex features quickly. New joiners often end up restarting work multiple times from scratch without proper documentation or support, yet they are still expected to deliver quickly. Despite delivering features on time and adapting to constantly changing requirements, recognition for new employees is minimal. Work-life balance is also poor. New joiners rarely receive work-from-home flexibility even when deliverables are completed on time, while older employees or long-term contractors seem to have more flexibility. The culture also tends to favor people who spend time on informal networking, frequent tea breaks, smoke breaks, or personal conversations with managers, rather than people who focus purely on work. Cafeteria quality is also very poor, with most snack options being oily, sugary, or unhealthy, which is not suitable for regular consumption. Overall, the environment feels more suited for people comfortable with politics, informal networking, and managing perceptions, rather than those who want to focus on engineering and delivery.

Adeel the recruiter was super helpful throughout the process great culture friendly people amazing minds to work with nice benefits

none that i faced so far in terms of management or work would be nice to have a pool table or table tennis table at the ams office