I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at eBay (Salt Lake City, UT) in Sep 2010
Interview
I was contacted on LinkedIn to consider the role. It went rather quickly as they were wanting to fill the role as soon as possible. The group I was joining was in some level need for process and tools updates in order to adopt some best practices.
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I had to interview with 9 people from analyst to a VP... that was rather exhausting.
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at eBay (Pudong, Shanghai) in Mar 2010
Interview
I can't remember the details well. But the interviewer is nice.
It's 1:1 interview. First I introduced myself in English, then he asked me what I'm interested in and some programming questions.
My advice is: firstly you must be well prepared, self-introduction and something else; secondly, doing more practice, he will ask you a lot of practical problems.
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What is the difference of session, cookie and cache?
The process took 3 months. I interviewed at eBay (San Jose, CA) in Dec 2011
Interview
I got contacted by a recruiter back in Nov. We setup a time to talk, and then 2 phone interviews. One of them was primarily focused on Java. The other interviewer was more interested in general problem solving abilities, and my knowledge and experience with data mining. Both phone interviews went well and I was invited to an on-site interview.
I interviewed on-site for a couple of hours with 5 people and had lunch with the hiring manager. All interviewers were very nice to me and seemed interest in my experience and projects.
A week later I received a call from the recruiter saying they were giving me an offer. We went through the details and I accepted it. A few days later I was asked to complete all the necessary paperwork, including background check and references. Everything was fine up to that point. Then a new recruiter took over this hiring and we discussed relocation details etc.
A few days passed, then weeks, and I kept calling the recruiter to ask why I haven't gotten anything. The recruiter gave me different versions about the story, including that they were processing my offer letter. I've called them several times for many days and they sometimes answer the phone and say something different but never call me back.
To say the least, I am very disappointed. I declined two other job offers while I was going through this process, thinking I had a job. Now that I declined the other job offers, the recruiter doesn't even call me to tell me what happened to the job offer. Extremely unprofessional.