J'ai postulé en ligne. Le processus a pris 4 semaines. J'ai passé un entretien chez Booking.com (Amsterdam) en août 2022
Entretien
I applied directly. I took an online Hackerrank test which was fair. After that, I had an interview with a recruiter. After that one, I had a one hour interview with two very lovely engineers. they asked me a programming question and wanted me to solve it and talk about it. After that, I had a system design interview with two lovely engineers as well. Final step was cultural fit with a manager. Very important step and he insisted on knowing technologies I used, the way I am currently working in terms of Agile and other details from my CV. Interviews ended and They took around one month. it was very tiresome. The last interviewer told me I should get a response within five days. It has been 14 days and no answer to any of my emails from the recruiter. Over all, time consuming as well and in the end you don't get a response in time or anything.
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
Coding question which was fair using hashmap and filter
Cultural fit about way of working and technologies used.
J'ai postulé via une agence de recrutement. J'ai passé un entretien chez Booking.com (Amsterdam) en juin 2026
Entretien
Two stages:
- Technical: consisted of two parts. The first one was a hands-on coding exercise where I had to solve a problem, and the second one was focused on system design.
- Culture fit
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
They asked about idempotency, retry mechanisms, inter-process communication, observability, reliability, and scalability.
J'ai postulé via un recruteur. J'ai passé un entretien chez Booking.com
Entretien
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.
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
Design a hotel search and availability system that returns available rooms for a given date range and can handle high traffic.
J'ai postulé en ligne. J'ai passé un entretien chez Booking.com (Amsterdam)
Entretien
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.