Airbnb · Software engineer · All levels

Core Values (Cross-functional)

Run by a trained cross-functional interviewer from another team and weighted on par with the technical rounds

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.

“Why Airbnb? What part of our mission resonates most with you?”
“Tell me about a time you were a good host or made someone feel they belonged on a team.”
“Describe a time you went above and beyond your job description.”
“Tell me about a conflict with a coworker or cross-functional partner and how you resolved it.”
“Tell me about a time you took ownership of something outside your scope.”
“Tell me about a failure and what you learned from it.”

What this round is judged on

Champion the Mission · genuine investment in belonging
Be a Host · caring, inclusive, collaborative examples
Ownership · going above and beyond your scope
Self-awareness · reflects honestly on failure and growth
Collaboration · resolves cross-functional conflict well

Where this round sits

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

01
Recruiter phone screen
02
Technical phone screen
03
Virtual onsite loopthis round
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.

companyAirbnb, Mission & Core Values (careers.airbnb.com/values)careers.airbnb.com
Official mission 'create a world where anyone can belong anywhere' and the four core values (Champion the Mission, Be a Host, Embrace the Adventure, Be a Cereal Entrepreneur).
datalevels.fyi, Airbnb Interview Guidelevels.fyi
Loop composition (recruiter screen, technical phone screen, onsite coding, system design, code review, core values) and the runnable-code expectation.
datalevels.fyi, Airbnb Culture & Valueslevels.fyi
How core values are applied in-loop and the cross-functional weighting of the values assessment.
dataTech Interview Handbook (yangshun, GitHub)github.com
General SWE coding topics and pattern-based prep (Grind 75); confirms no Airbnb-specific company-tagged questions exist here.

Sources last checked August 10, 2026. Hiring loops change, so this date is the honest limit on everything above.

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