Ebay SE3 interview experience

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· Software Engineer 3· Bangalore· 3y exp
April 19, 2026 · 1 reads

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.

Full Experience

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

Interview Questions (2)

1.

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 the kth node from the end of the list and return the head of the modified list.

2.

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.

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