Technical Screen

A Whiteboard OOD Screen With a Difficult Interviewer

AirbnbSoftware Engineer · Senior+ · Technical Screen · Sep 2025

I did a team-match interview with a team at Airbnb, and the experience was pretty bad. First I had a round with the manager, and that went really well — we talked and it was a pleasant conversation. Then the manager said the next round would be a phone screen: 30 minutes for a resume deep dive and 30 minutes for coding. Before the phone screen I spent time prepping some project talking points and…

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