The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Booking.com in Mar 2023
Interview
There were total 3 rounds: Coding/ Data Structures, System Design, Cultural Fit round. Last cultural fit round is like behavioural interviews. All interviewers were very nice and talented people. It made me feel like it's worth accepting the offer.
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Booking.com (Amsterdam) in Nov 2022
Interview
Interview process was fairly standard - 1. Online Assessment 2. Recruiter call -> If recruiter sees you fit for the role then you move to onsite Onsite - 1. Coding interview 2. System design interview 3. Cultural Fit interview
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. OA - There was an implementation already provided in the project, I had to implement 3 new APIs and also add the Unit tests for them, and if existing unit tests are breaking then fix them as well. 2. Recruiter call - Interested in knowing what have you worked on. how much experience and the motivation to join booking - Amsterdam office Onsite - 1. Coding Round - Simple BFS Question 2. System Design Round - In depth understanding of system design core concepts and scaling your existing system to booking scale.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Booking.com (Tomsk) in Apr 2022
Interview
The interview process had 5 stages:
- pre-screening
- HR-interview
- coding interview
- system design interview
- cultural fit
Interview process was really interesting. It is more FAANG0-like. But at the same time it is not puzzle-tasks. All questions are more or less Booking business domain related.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I had following question on coding and system design sections:
1. Question about hotel rooms availability.
2. Question about antifraud system.
Cultural fit was more or less standartized. Most question was about behavior in different situations.