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      Software Engineer Interview

      11 Jan 2010
      Anonymous employee
      Newton, MA
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Tripadvisor (Newton, MA) in Dec 2009

      Interview

      A technical recruiter found my resume on my website, contacted me and set up a phone screen for me. The phone screen lasted one hour, consisting of three algorithm questions, with difficulty level gradually increasing. Then I did two onsite interviews. The first on-site interview round consisted of six 1:1 interviews (five technical interview and one technical-recruiter interview); each lasted about 45 minutes. The second on-site interview round consisted of 3 technical interviews and following the technical interviews on that day I was made an offer. For all the on-site technical interview questions, about 80% are algorithms/data structures (some interviewer gave a series of questions and asked me to code some of the algorithms I proposed; some interviewer gave one complex problem and asked me to design the algorithm and code); about 10% are OOP principles (e.g., when to use interface and when to use abstract class) and CS domain knowledge (e.g., how does insertion in B+ tree work); the rest are probability analysis and brain teasers. I was also asked to give suggestions to improve the functionalities of TripAdvisor website. Technical-recruiter interviews are more like happy chatting, letting me know more about the company, than asking me to answer questions. The people I interviewed with are intelligent and energetic. The work environment is great: spacious work space, huge computer display, free lunch, snackbar. There is chessboard, rockband, wii and ps3 in the entertainment area. They have shuttle buses to connect between the company and Newton Highlands T station.

      Interview questions [5]

      Question 1

      Given an array of coin value types and an amount N, write code to find minimum number of coins which sum up to be N.
      1 Answer

      Question 2

      You have a fixed list of words, construct a data structure to achieve efficient (O(1) time complexity) prefix lookup. Write code to implement the lookup. For example, the result of looking up "app" is {apple, applications, ...}
      1 Answer

      Question 3

      You have a fixed file. The format of each line is: city name, ip address range. Construct a data structure and design algorithm to achieve efficient mapping from an ip address to city name.
      1 Answer

      Question 4

      You have one billion numbers, implement getRandom() which returns a random number from them. Constaints: 1. No duplicate returning value. 2. getRandom() will at most be invoked 100 million times. Then optimize for space.
      4 Answers

      Question 5

      Implement LRU algorithm; Write code to implement a general Binary Search Tree
      2 Answers
      7

      Other Software Engineer interview reviews for Tripadvisor

      Software Engineer I Interview

      3 Feb 2026
      Anonymous interview candidate
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at Tripadvisor in Feb 2026

      Interview

      Good, although, sometimes struggling in providing you information about when interview will be leaving you wondering. Technical interview was good, I went into in uncertain as I wasn't sure about if I could solve a challenge. Recruiter was very nice and informative as well. Gutted to not progress onto next stages but they layout whole process for you and provide with you with feedback even if you fail the technical interview. I hope to re-apply soon when I become more confident with approaching technical assessments cause these do not correlate with your day to day duties as SE.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Balanced Brackets Problem in Python
      1 Answer
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      Tripadvisor response
      2mo
      Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. As our company continues to grow, we are appreciative of comments that highlight our strengths as well as areas we can improve upon.

      Software Engineer Interview

      10 Dec 2025
      Anonymous interview candidate
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Tripadvisor

      Interview

      A few rounds of technical interviews and hr was done . A technical test was sent to me and an online live coding session was also set . The overall process was good

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Technical questions regarding balgorithms and ...
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      Tripadvisor response
      4mo
      Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. As our company continues to grow, we are appreciative of employee comments that highlight our strengths as well as areas we can improve upon.

      Software Engineer Interview

      13 Nov 2025
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Portugal
      No offer
      Neutral experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Tripadvisor (Portugal)

      Interview

      Looks like a demanding process. I didn’t get through the initial stage interview due to not having great answers for the screening questions so I can’t tell much on what comes later

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

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      Tripadvisor response
      4mo
      Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. As our company continues to grow, we are appreciative of employee comments that highlight our strengths as well as areas we can improve upon.

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