Airbnb interview notes, page 12 of 19

“This is the kind of question that sounds manageable until you're staring at messy logs and realize half your events are duplicated or missing timestamps.” The rest of the author's notes on Data Scientist interview at Airbnb, Take-home Assignment round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“This is a lot to hold in your head at once and I think I fumbled the ordering.” The rest of the author's notes on Data Scientist interview at Airbnb, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“This one feels soft until you realize it's basically a culture fit litmus test.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Airbnb, Hiring Manager Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“The greedy approach feels obvious once you see it but I fumbled the backtracking part for a while.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Airbnb, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I started with the UX layer and currency defaulting logic, which felt safe, but the interviewer kept pushing on the storage side.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Airbnb, Onsite - System Design / Architecture round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“Classic problem, linear time solution with constant space.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Airbnb, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“Classic Airbnb culture question.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Airbnb, Onsite - Behavioral / Leadership round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“Spent probably too long setting up the board structure before even touching the API surface.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Airbnb, Onsite - Coding / Algorithms round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“Multi-source BFS, start by seeding all the infected cells into the queue at once.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Airbnb, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“This one stung a little because I had a real story for it but I kept second-guessing whether it was the right one to tell.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Airbnb, Onsite - Behavioral / Leadership round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.