Airbnb Business Model and Marketplace Questions

Demonstrate understanding of Airbnb as a two sided marketplace that connects hosts and guests, how the platform generates revenue, and how it creates and sustains supply, demand, trust, and quality. Candidates should be able to describe listing and booking mechanics, search and discovery, pricing dynamics and tools that influence host pricing, typical fee and commission structures, revenue levers such as nights booked and average daily rate, experiences and enterprise offerings, review and reputation systems, host incentives and protections, trust and safety mechanisms, regulatory and local compliance challenges for short term rentals, network effects between supply and demand, and how Airbnb differentiates versus hotels and other accommodation platforms. Interviewers assess domain knowledge, ability to map product features to business outcomes, understanding of marketplace economics, and strategic thinking about growth and retention.