I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Booking.com (Amsterdam) in Sep 2022
Interview
The initial interview with HR was smooth and relaxed, very informative and she was nice. They sent me some tests on HackerRank and I passed them, but the process was finished before I got my final interview as they already went for someone else.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
HR Interview: Just general stuff about experience and how do you fit with the role.
I applied online. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Booking.com (Belo Horizonte, ) in Apr 2022
Interview
The first part of the process consist on a hacker rank test with two algorithms question.
After the submission of the hacker rank, the tech recruiter reach me to have a start conversation about the role and the company and how the following steps would happen. The conversation went pretty clear and the recruiter did an awesome job to explain everything and all the benefits and process.
The next step was 3 interviews, one related to algorithm really close to the racker hank test, then the next one was a design system solution related to a big data environment and the last one was a hiring manager interview.
the last part was the proposal with the recruiter after the three technical interviews.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
algorithm interview:
- Complexity of the algorithm
- Possible others solutions
Design system:
- The solution proposal can handle billions of records?
- How will you managed the access for the users?
- How will the data be available for the stake holders?
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2+ months. I interviewed at Booking.com (Amsterdam) in Jun 2021
Interview
4 rounds interview. First was hacker rank online coding, second was code pair round where you need to code in front of 2guys, third was system design round where you have to develop solution and final was cultural fit round.
Before last round , HR was so sure about my selection that she shared me the rough idea of salary structure for my review if I am ok or not. When final round went good, their colleague came with status as reject without giving me the feedback of last round. Instead their colleague wrote, you rejected due to system design round whose feedback were already shared as positive and they gave me go-ahead for final round.
Now they are not replying to my legit and generous emails. This were not expected from bookings.com
Interview questions [5]
Question 1
circular dependencies data structure question. we need to show the element from starting to end
develop the system design to accommodate dynamic queries of business like how many people visiting booking.com or how many people say this particular hotel etc etc. system should be realtime and batch both for varying type of business requirements
cultural fit questions like why you want to come to Booking.com from finance to travel domain, what your motivation to join booking, what you expect from booking, where you want to see your future in booking, have you ever had a bad manager, how you handle issues etc