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Airbnb Interview Questions

Explore commonly reported questions, interview rounds, difficulty, duration, and candidate experiences at Airbnb.

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Interview overview

Difficulty

Average

Average rounds

3.2

Difficulty and candidate experience

Interview difficulty

easy13.3%
average60.6%
difficult26.2%

Candidate experience

negative29.8%
positive47.7%
neutral22.5%

Candidate-reported interview process

I applied online and about a month later, the manager of the research team contacted me to schedule a phone interview. The interview went well and lasted about 30 minutes. They mentioned I'd hear back about the position within a few days. The following week, I received a general email from HR saying I didn't get the job. The very next day, the position was posted again on Airbnb's careers page. I reached out to the manager I spoke with for feedback, but never got a response. Since I took the time to talk with them, I feel I deserved an email back from the manager.

You'll have 1-2 chats with your potential teammates and then your direct manager, where we'll talk about your experience and how it relates to the job duties. After that, there's a 'cross-functional' interview with someone outside the team who knows the company well. This last chat is more about seeing how you'd fit into our company culture, not just the job itself, and it's also called the 'core values' interview. It's the final step before we can extend a job offer.

I had two phone interviews, and it was a good and fast experience. The first interviewer didn't seem to care much about my code. The second interviewer was nice and kind, but I couldn't find the solution.

Common Airbnb interview questions

A focused selection of the most detailed candidate-submitted questions.

  1. 1

    What are your thoughts on culture fit interviews, and how do you approach them personally?

  2. 2

    What are 3 positive words your friends/family would use to describe you?

  3. 3

    How would you explain Airbnb to your grandmother?

  4. 4

    Implement an iterator for an array of arrays.

Interview question formats

Behavioral36.7%
Technical26.2%
Coding15%
Presentation8.7%
Other5.2%

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Interview information is based on candidate reports and may not represent the current official hiring process of Airbnb.