Status: New grad, B. Tech
Position: SDE-Intern at Airbnb
Location: India
Date: July, 2022

Online Assessment (1 hour):

• 2 Medium Questions
  1. Sliding Window with Variable Size
  2. 2-D Matrix, Prefix Sum, Binary Search
• Solved 1 completely and 2 partially

Onsite (3 rounds)

Coding Round (45 mins):

• 2 Medium Questions
  1. Priority Queue, Binary Search on Answer
  2. Simulation, Greedy, BFS
• Could answer both, asked for a hint in the second one.
• Emphasis was on working code.

Technical Round (45 mins):

• 1 Hard Question
• Struggled to come up with an O(1) soln, optimised upto O(log(n)), got a hint that helped me with the thought process to optimise all operations to O(1).
• Emphasis on underlying DSA and solution logic rather than working code, pseudocode was preferred.

Technical Experience Round (45 mins):

• Projects + CS Core + HR questions

Result: Selected, offered a winter internship

Overall review

• Focus on the fundamentals of DSA and a strong understanding of the internal workings of the same.
• Keep interacting throughout the interview. Think out loud and explain everything.
• Interviewers were very supportive and helpful in every round.
• Prepare for classic HR questions, can help prepare for most situational questions you may expect.
• Ask relevant questions to interviewers at the end of every interview.

Compensation: https://leetcode.com/discuss/compensation/2337142/Airbnb-or-SDE-Intern-or-India