eBay interview questions
36 questions for eBay: all reported at eBay.
List last refreshed Sep 29, 2026.
- Describe the three most critical technical innovations currently developing that will reshape the corporate technology landscape in the coming years.
- Design a distributed cache system.
- Design a system for e-commerce scenarios where scale and concurrency are critical (e.g., Dropbox-like file storage, Online Flash Sale, persistent storage for ad clicks).
- Develop a system for fast-paced real-time multiplayer games.
- Estimate the total addressable market for 'refurbished' goods on eBay in the US. How would you prioritize which sub-categories to enter next?
- How do you balance a 'quick fix' against a cleaner long-term solution when dealing with technical debt?
- How do you systematically evaluate potential project failures and execute mitigation plans before those risks materialize?
- How would you avoid distractions at work?
- How would you handle an API migration where customers need to do some development work?
- Tell me a time when you helped a peer? Why you helped? How you helped?
- Tell me a time when you innovated something?
- Tell me a time when you received critical feedback from your manager?
- Tell me a time when you simplified something for a customer?
- Tell me a time you brought an impact to your team?
- Tell me about a challenging scenario where you negotiated with senior leaders and the lessons you learned.
- Tell me about a scenario where you convinced an autonomous team to adopt your project roadmap. What tactics worked best?
- Tell me about a time when you handled a difficult stakeholder.
- Tell me about a time you had a conflict with someone.
- Tell me what is off-putting for you at work?
- Tell me what makes you feel happy about work?
- Tell me why should I hire you?
- Tell me why should I not hire you?
- Tell us about a time when you disagreed with your superior.
- Tell us about a time when you had to make a big decision for a crucial client project.
- Tell us about the most challenging project you worked on.
- Walk me through your background, why eBay, why this role, and what salary you were expecting.
- Walk me through your methodology for making critical tradeoff decisions when aggressive project deadlines threaten the engineering quality.
- We want to increase seller fees to fund a new buyer protection program. What are the risks, and how would you mitigate them?
- What does the infrastructure look like for an app that needs to map radar imagery and serve it alongside local temperatures?
- What is your process for establishing an execution order for tasks when managing a highly complex, multi-team project?
- What lessons have you learned from the most challenging project you worked on?
- What's your favorite product and why?
- What, according to you, are important aspects to maintain productivity at the workplace?
- Why do you want to join eBay?
- Why do you want to leave your current company?
- You're a PM with two engineers, and enterprise customers won't adopt your product due to an unclear roadmap. What do you do?
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