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Airbnb · Software engineer · All levels

Code Review

Screen-shared review of real pull-request-style code seeded with bugs, security issues, readability problems, and design concerns

What they actually ask

The question shapes this round uses. Larpy does not read these out. It builds each one from your own resume, because the generic version is the one you have already rehearsed.

  • “Review this pull request and identify correctness bugs, security issues, and readability problems.”
  • “Prioritize the issues you find by severity and explain each failure mode (e.g., 'if the list itself is null this throws upstream').”
  • “Suggest concrete improvements as you would for a teammate, staying constructive.”

What this round is judged on

  • Bug detection · spots real correctness bugs, not just style
  • Severity triage · prioritizes correctness > security > readability
  • Concrete fixes · suggests actionable improvements
  • Constructive feedback · mentorship tone and high engineering bar

Where this round sits

Airbnb’s published process. Lime marks the stage this round runs.

  1. 01
    Recruiter phone screen
  2. 02
    Technical phone screen
  3. 03
    Virtual onsite loopthis round
  4. 04
    Hiring committee / debrief
What happens in each stage›
Recruiter phone screen
~30-45 min spoken call covering background, motivation, logistics, level calibration, and an early read on mission/values fit. Not deeply technical.
Technical phone screen
~45-60 min live coding, usually in CoderPad. One LeetCode-medium (occasionally medium-hard); code must be complete and runnable, and the interviewer traces/executes it. Some pipelines use an automated assessment (HackerRank/CodeSignal) instead or in addition.
Virtual onsite loop
~4-5 rounds: typically 1-2 live-coding rounds, a code-review round on real PRs, a system design round (mid/senior), and 1-2 Core Values / cross-functional behavioral rounds. Exact count and coding-vs-code-review split vary by team and level.
Hiring committee / debrief
Committee-style debrief; most candidates hear back within ~3-7 days of the onsite. End-to-end process typically ~3-5 weeks.

Sources

Built from what Airbnb publishes about its own process and from real interview data. No leaked question lists. The questions you get are generated against your own resume, so they are not from anyone else's interview.

Sources last checked . Hiring loops change, so this date is the honest limit on everything above.

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