Airbnb interview notes, page 6 of 19

“I started coding way too fast and got the left-scan logic backwards.” 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.

“Pretty fitting question for Airbnb I guess.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Airbnb, Recruiter / HR Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“This is the question that exposed me.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Airbnb, Onsite - Multi Round round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I went straight to sorting and probably over-explained it.” 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.

“The thematic wrapper fooled me for a second.” The rest of the author's notes on Machine Learning 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 was a lot.” 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.

“The core part is easy enough, padding strings and slapping pipes on the sides.” 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 message send/receive flow which felt natural, but I underestimated how much time the fanout piece would eat up.” 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.

“I went in thinking this was a softball and kind of rambled through a story without anchoring it to any real numbers.” The rest of the author's notes on Data Scientist interview at Airbnb, Onsite - Cross-functional / Panel round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“This was broader than I expected.” 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.