I applied online. I interviewed at Airbnb in Jul 2017
Interview
Recruiter contacted me, after that, we did the first of two phone interviews. The second interview was with an Airbnb engineer, after introducing himself and letting me know he hadn't look at my resume or anything about my background he said we didn't have much time so he proceeded to ask me a coding question.
That's right, he didn't let me introduce myself or anything, straight to the coding exercise. At the end of the interview he again said we didn't have time as he needed to go to another interview - so I still pushed to at least have a chance to ask one question which I did, but I felt pressure and honestly a little bit frustrated by the interviewer's lack of interest about me, my experience, story, etc.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Implement a Queue class from scratch with an existing bug, the bug is that it cannot take more than 5 elements.
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
