I applied through university. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at eBay (Pittsburgh, PA) in Oct 2012
Interview
Attended a job fair and had dropped my resume. They called me in a week for an interview session.
Asked me to implement Sudoku.
Asked me several data structure questions.
Asked me the difference between abstract class and interface.
A brain teaser: I have 25 horses and I want to find the fastest amongst them. The contraint is that I do not have any time measuring device. I am given a circular racecourse wherein a max of 5 horses can run in parallel at a given instance of time. How will you find the fastest one.
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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