Ebay SE3 interview experience
- Location
- Bangalore
- Experience
- 3 years
- Posted
- 19 Apr 2026
Summary
I interviewed for a Software Engineer 3 position at eBay, completing a coding round, a system‑design round, and a manager round, and I feel confident I performed well.
How it went
Hi Folks,
Currently, SWE2.
YOE: ~3
Applied on instahyre
Received CodeSignal OA link (Industry Coding Assignment).
Cleared. Score: 520/600.
Question is around design ATM and addon features on further steps.
Recruiter shared the onsite(in-person) invite for the hiring drive on 10th April.
R1: DSA (Taken by Staff)
Intro (5 min)
Q1: Given a long story, actual question is remove kth node from last in singly linked list.
Q2: Again given a long story, actual question is to generate unique permutations in a given array of digits.
Discussion around using AI in daily work, MCP, trusting AI code, etc.
R2: HLD (Taken by Lead)
Intro (5 min)
Since In my current comapny I was working with WhatsApp and Push Notification team, she gave me Design Notification System.
R3: HM (Taken by a senior EM)
Intro (5 min)
Tell me a time:
when you helped a peer ? Why you helped? How you helped?
biggest impact you are proud of?
when you went beyond and above?
when you had Conflict?
If I ask your current manager about your feedback on improvement, what he will give?
Why do you want to leave current Company?
Why eBay?
etc....
I think I have dominated in all three inteviews and expecting offer. But haven't received anything from recruiting team yet.
#ebay #se3 #java #backend #bangalore
Questions asked (2)
- 01
Remove Kth Node From End of Singly Linked List
Data Structures & Algorithms · Medium
Given the head of a singly linked list and an integer
k, remove thekth node from the end of the list and return the head of the modified list. - 02
Generate Unique Permutations of Digits
Data Structures & Algorithms · Medium
Given an array of digits (which may contain duplicates), generate all unique permutations of the array.