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Umm, Airbnb interviews are much harder than FB and Google.
by curiousDog 10y ago
Umm, Airbnb interviews are much harder than FB and Google.
- bsvalley 10y agoFrom what I remember so far at Airbnb it used to be tough when they were small. I don't know today if they still attract a lot of rock stars. But still, all I had to do was to write up a mini-web app and connect to their API in order to pull out some data, in about 2 hours. Then after this interview they had an onsite with classic CS and culture fit. They were very tough on culture fit and you had to meet with the 3 founders. I don't know today if it's still the case. At FB and Google it's all about mathematics, advanced CS, etc. So... They're looking for generalists and it's harder to find because in real life you don't really use this stuff anymore.
- pmiller2 10y agoInteresting. What does "tough on culture fit" mean exactly?
- bsvalley 10y agoLike any other companies they have a list of values, company culture etc. I said tough because you could have easily passed all their interviews and failed at the very end, by talking to one of the founders.
- pmiller2 10y agoThat basically applies to any company. What makes Airbnb so tough as to be worth noting?
- jamesmp98 10y agoIn Silicon Valley I can imagine it means "over 30"
- user5994461 10y agoYoung, cheap, naive, no family to attend to. The magic startup recipe!
- moosingin3space 10y agoThere was an interview I did last fall where I was rejected because I had prepared material that was more useful for a team they weren't hiring for at that time. So it can mean many things, and it's really frustrating when they don't explain.