eBay interview notes, page 1 of 6

“The regex part itself wasn't too bad but the follow-up about counting distinct valid formats is where I started fumbling.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at eBay, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“This is the kind of question that sounds easy until you're mid-answer and realize you can't remember why you made half the choices you made two years ago.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at eBay, Onsite - System Design / Architecture round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“Both problems were essentially the same pattern so once I got the first one down the second was just a variation.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at eBay, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I hadn't thought about this at all during the coding part, so pivoting felt a bit abrupt.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at eBay, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“Went fine.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at eBay, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“The sorting requirement is where I slipped up initially.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at eBay, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“This took up the whole interview.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at eBay, 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 the whole assignment in one shot.” The rest of the author's notes on Machine Learning Engineer interview at eBay, Take-home Assignment round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“The two-condition part is what got me at first.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at eBay, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“Classic problem, I'd done it before, but there's always that moment where you second-guess whether to reach for a doubly linked list plus hashmap or try to get clever.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at eBay, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.