Airbnb
Online marketplace for lodging with strong data science and infrastructure.
4 Rounds
~21 Days
Hard
The Interview Loop
Recruiter Screen (30 min)
Standard fit check, behavioral questions, and resume overview.
Technical Loop (3-4 Rounds)
Deep dive into domain knowledge, coding, and system design.
Interview Question Bank
Data Scientist
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System Design
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hard
How would you design the machine learning system for Airbnb's 'Smart Pricing' feature, which suggests optimal nightly rates to hosts?
#Regression
#Feature Engineering
#Dynamic Pricing
#Model Architecture
Data Scientist
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System Design
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hard
How would you design the search ranking algorithm for Airbnb Experiences? What features would you use, and how would you balance relevance with exploring new experiences?
#Search & Ranking
#Recommendation Systems
#Explore/Exploit
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