Airbnb
Online marketplace for lodging with strong data science and infrastructure.
4 Rounds
~21 Days
Hard
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Interview Question Bank
Data Scientist
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Technical
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medium
Airbnb is considering changing its host cancellation policy to penalize hosts more heavily for last-minute cancellations. How would you design an experiment to test this policy change?
#A/B Testing
#Experiment Design
#Marketplace Dynamics
Data Scientist
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Technical
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medium
We ran an A/B test for a new checkout flow. The results show a statistically significant increase in the number of bookings, but a statistically significant decrease in total Gross Booking Value (GBV). What would you recommend we do?
#Trade-offs
#Business Strategy
#Statistical Significance
Data Scientist
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Technical
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hard
Airbnb wants to launch a referral program where existing hosts invite new hosts. How would you design an A/B test for this, keeping in mind that adding more hosts in a city might take bookings away from existing hosts?
#Network Effects
#Marketplace Interference
#Cluster Randomization
Machine Learning Engineer
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Technical
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hard
Explain how you would design an A/B test for a new search ranking algorithm. How do you account for network effects and cannibalization in a two-sided marketplace like Airbnb?
#A/B Testing
#Network Effects
#Causal Inference
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