RejectedSr Software Engineer at eBay
- Difficulty
- Process took
- 1-2 Weeks
- Rounds
- 3
- Format
- Remote
- Applied via
- Company Website
How it went
System thinking, HLD matters as much as coding
What they would tell you
System thinking, HLD matters as much as coding
How to prepare
Be clear on system design fundamentals caching, DB sharding, queues, rate limiting.
Their background
Currently SSE at startup
Round by round
- 1
OA60 min
I got the CodeSignal online assessment, where 2-3 coding questions
- 2
Technical Round 160 min
It was nice round, mix of things was asked, started with intro, and some HLD question was also asked and at last one coding question
- 3
Technical Round 260 min
The second round was all about production readiness and scaling The interviewer asked, How do you actually put a system into production? Then, How would you scale this up? It wasn’t just about coding, more how i think at designing level
What came up
A candidate-reported account, lightly edited. Interview processes change by team and date.