Me postulé a través de un reclutador. El proceso tomó 3 meses. Acudí a una entrevista en Booking.com (Bengaluru)
Entrevista
1. First round was a coding round with a third party where they had asked dynamic programming question. This wasn't an elimination round though.
2. Second round was a coding round where they had their own problem statement, it wasn't very difficult. I had to use java to code this.
3. Third round was a system design round where I had to design an internal system of booking. This system should be able to automatically capture money from the customer's card based on the configuration. Example 50% now and 50% before 2 days of booking date.
4. Last round was a cultural fit round, they just ask questions on your own experience in your previous companies, some behavioural questions.
Preguntas de entrevista [1]
Pregunta 1
1. First round was a coding round with a third party where they had asked dynamic programming question. This wasn't an elimination round though.
2. Second round was a coding round where they had their own problem statement, it wasn't very difficult. I had to use java to code this.
3. Third round was a system design round where I had to design an internal system of booking. This system should be able to automatically capture money from the customer's card based on the configuration. Example 50% now and 50% before 2 days of booking date.
4. Last round was a cultural fit round, they just ask questions on your own experience in your previous companies, some behavioural questions.
Me postulé a través de un reclutador. Acudí a una entrevista en Booking.com
Entrevista
I recently interviewed with Booking.com for a software engineer role. The process was well-organized and took about 3–4 weeks. It started with an online assessment on HackerRank with a couple of LeetCode medium problems. That was followed by a technical screen where I did live coding and discussed basic algorithms. The final round was a full day of back-to-back sessions: algorithmic coding, system design (something like designing a hotel availability checker), a behavioral round using STAR questions, and a chat with a manager about company values. The interviewers were professional and friendly, and the problems felt relevant to Booking's actual business. On the downside, some coding rounds felt repetitive, and I didn't get much feedback after being rejected. Overall, it was a fair but challenging process. My advice: practice medium-level array and hash map problems, review basic system design, and have solid STAR stories ready. I'd rate it 4 out of 5 stars and would recommend it to other engineers.
Preguntas de entrevista [1]
Pregunta 1
Design a hotel search and availability system that returns available rooms for a given date range and can handle high traffic.
Me postulé en línea. Acudí a una entrevista en Booking.com (Ámsterdam)
Entrevista
The whole process is composed of about 5 stages. Initial interview, then technical interview, followed by a “ownership” interview, then by a team-fit check interview. The initial interview is done by recruiters not based in the Netherlands (at least my experience) and felt as if the role had already been filled by the time I took it. Was answered with a “I’m doing good, hope you are doing good too. So this interview…” to “Hi, nice to meet you! How are you?”. It simply felt as if they didn’t want to be there and there was 0 engagement.
Screener with a Director, coding round with TDD where you pair with an engineer and have an engineering manager present, behavioural with a senior engineering manager and an apprentice who was sitting it