I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Booking.com in Mar 2023
Interview
The interview process consists of a series of well-structured steps: 1) You are invited to an online assessment in which you need to solve a few algorithmic questions. 2) You meet with your recruiter, talk about the details of the job, brief overview of your experience. I found the recruiters knowledgeable about the job opening as well as the broader department. 3) Coding interview where you solve a problem with 1-2 interviewers. 4) System design where you solve a system design question again with 1-2 interviewers. 5) Fit interview where you (likely) meet with your Senior EM and they assess if you are a fit for their team. All of the engineers in my interview were friendly. Special gratitude to the EMs in the fit interview as I had internet connectivity issues (everyone's nightmare when it comes to interviews), they were extremely patient and understanding. I very much like to point out that my interview experience by far was one of the best if not the best I've had so far (and I did have quite a few interviews). My recruiter was quite responsive, always kept me in the loop, and is very empathetic.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I don't think I should be sharing the interview questions even though I didn't sign an NDA.
The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Booking.com
Interview
I submitted a hacker rank test with no communication to HR. The next day I received an email that they want to conduct an HR interview as my test went very well(I already knew). I picked up a slot but then no communication at all, no confirmation for the interview. The next week I sent another email to HR but still no reply and then after 2 weeks and few more days I sent one last email for status to which HR replied that because of illness there was no reply so lets do interview, pick up a slot. I had a very cold interview, the HR was yawning throughout, not interested in anything I had to say about and in the end just said that they will discuss my case with hiring committee. Maybe I had a career gap which resulted in this but if that was the case why would they waste my time like this. The worst part is that they didn’t even mention my test throughout the process as I am not sure if the HR is even aware that I submitted a test.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Booking.com in Feb 2023
Interview
Overall process took 1 month. 1 hackerrank assessment. 1 call with HR. 1 coding interview. 1 design session. 1 behavior call. Everyone in the process was very professional and supportive. I really liked the process, you can see they invest on it and dont come with letcoode questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Api hackerrank assesment. 1 algo code question with some booking business relation.