I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at eBay (San Jose, CA)
Interview
eBay's interviews are heavy on brainteasers and SQL if the position is for Analytics or quant focused. The initial two phone interviews were majorly on work experience, puzzles and SQLs.
The in person interview was initially 5 Managers, but two more got added on the day of the interview for a 6 hour marathon interview session. The onsite interview was more focused on business cases, work experience and a bit of SQL. Overall a good experience.
Eg of brainteasers - Given 4 people who each take different times to cross a bridge (10 mins, 5mins, 2mins and 1 min), what's the least amount of time taken to cross the bridge if only 2 can cross at a time and a flashlight is needed for each trip across.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Given 4 people who each take different times to cross a bridge (10 mins, 5mins, 2mins and 1 min), what's the least amount of time taken to cross the bridge if only 2 can cross at a time and a flashlight is needed for each trip across.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at eBay (Bengaluru) in Dec 2012
Interview
started with phone interview. Asked some basic programming questions.
had 2 F2F rounds. Both the interviews were easy. Here are some of the questions -
1. do u know shell commands ? ( stupid question !)
2. what are java exceptions ?
3. what design patterns did you use ?
4. what open source tools did you use ?
5. reverse a string.
i thought eBay (Bangalore) had higher standards for interview. Interviews where not
structured at all.....I guess they have inexperience people on board. I did't pursue the job
after two F2F
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