Technical Screen

A Whiteboard OOD Round Where Even Checking the Docs Had to Be "Documented"

AirbnbSoftware Engineer · Senior+ · Technical Screen · Sep 2025

I interviewed with a specific team at Airbnb, and the experience was pretty bad. First I had a round with the hiring manager, which went well — we had a great conversation. The manager said the next round would be a phone screen: 30 minutes of resume deep dive and 30 minutes of coding. Before the phone screen, I spent time preparing some project talking points and BQ (behavioral questions). Phone…

Shared by a candidate · reported Sep 2025. Interview formats change; use it as a guide, not a script.