I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Airbnb (San Francisco, CA) in Feb 2019
Interview
Got referred through a friend and talked to a recruiter who explained the standard process of phone interview followed by onsite interviews. Got phone call from an engineer who directly jumped on the question, so I took the opportunity to ask about his team and company in general only at the end. Over a good experience talking to him.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given a list of strings find all the pairs, when concatenated, form palindrome.
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