Me postulé en línea. Acudí a una entrevista en eBay (Berlín)
Entrevista
Started off with an online screening round with some discussions on my past and current roles, some agile processes and best practices, tech I've used.
Then I was sent a take home test which I was given 3 hours to complete but it took around 90 minutes total.
Finally an on-site interview with 4 parts:
- Agile ways of working which was kind of like a behavioral interview.
- Architecture and infrastructure which was mostly a theoretical discussion about how you'd keep a system running smoothly.
- Code review of your take home test from the previous step. This also included some tech trivia.
- Finally a wrap-up session with your would be manager.
I was promised feedback in a couple of days. I knew by the end of the interview that this wasn't a role for me, but what's really funny is that I got ghosted. Who the hell ghosts people after an on site? Rude!
Preguntas de entrevista [1]
Pregunta 1
What are the processes like in your current company. Design patterns and good practices.
The interview process was pretty straightforward and well organized. I had a technical interview that focused on backend API design. The interviewer was professional and the questions were reasonable for a senior software engineer role. Overall the experience was positive and the communication was clear.
Preguntas de entrevista [1]
Pregunta 1
Springboot api white board write component like Service, repository, controller, model.
Question like
1. different way of dependency injection, when should we use constructor/method injection.
2. handle exception in controller. (I didnt, because in my exp, I usually use exception handler (AOP feature), auto handle exceptions)
3. except for AOP and exception handler what else we could handle exception for all controller. Interviewer said advice, but it think this is also belong to AOP concept...
4. Springboot how to switch application-property basing on env. what is profile. how to set env variable.
Me postulé en línea. Acudí a una entrevista en eBay (Bengaluru) en feb 2026
Entrevista
Applied for the job on their portal. Have listed 9 points:-
(1) No candidate account creation so we can’t track our application.
(2) A week later, i got an email from HR for asking few details.
(3) Two days later I saw mail from
Ebay to give a “CodeSignal” online test. The details in the mail were very misleading and I had some doubts.
(4) I got no call from HR asking me to give the test. Which will also give me opportunity to clear my doubts. I had to mail back to HR asking him/her when’s the last date to submit. No response came from HR.
(5) 2 days later I completed the test just for the sake of it. It was 4 levels of coding to be done within 90 mins. I was able to complete only 3 correctly.
(6) Intimated HR about the completion of test. No response
(7) Three days later I get a call from another HR and schedules “round-1 interview” with wrong details in calendar invite. My name was totally different in the invite / mail (which they corrected the next day).
(8) Gave round-1 interview. It was 1:1 online tech discussion for an hour which went fine.
(9) Its been more than 10 days, I did not get single reply from HR nor I got a “noreply” email from company. I followed up thrice in these 10 days. Seems like they ghosted me!
Preguntas de entrevista [1]
Pregunta 1
CodeSignal test. It's not the same for everyone. You will have to switch on front cam and share screen to give the test. No one to proctor.
Waste of time. Told me to study leet code. Interview was nothing like leetcode. Expected me to write service in 30 mins.
Interviewer wasn’t professional. Asked weird questions.
Would not recommend to waste time.
