I applied online. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at eBay (San Jose, CA) in Jul 2012
Interview
Applied online through LinkedIn, received a call from recruiter regarding next steps. Soon I was scheduled to talk to a Sr. Software Engineer for a 45 min technical interview.
Questions-
basic resume drilling, OOP theory questions, mutli-threading, synchronization, deadlock
why String is immutable?
Config files in Hibernate
next I got call for onsite interview in a week- met with 3 s/w engineers (seniors) and 1 product manager (she took me to lunch as well, but while we were eating she made me do a coding exercise on board which I think was odd and impolite and rushing through it plus she wasn't really helpful during the interview) and finally with HR.
some Questions-
static/non static, variables/methods, final
how would you sort a very very large file
basic data structures
design a basic inventory system
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
write code to do the reverse mapping from phone number to its all possible combination of letters. Ex- if dialed 12 then all possible combinations will be ad, ae, af, bd, be, bf, cd, ce, cf and so on...
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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