Ho presentato la mia candidatura online. La procedura ha richiesto 2 mesi. Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Booking.com nel mese di mag 2022
Colloquio
The process is divided into 5 steps:
1. Hackerrank tests: 3 questions and 90 minutes to solve them
2. HR call: friendly call where you discuss your motivation, why booking, why Amsterdam, etc.
After this call, I received an email to schedule the next interviews on the same day.
3. System Design Interview: Whiteboard interview with 2 colleagues where you are asked to design a part of the booking.com system.
4. Coding Interview: Live coding exercise alongside 2 Booking.com employees
After a couple of hours, I received an email to schedule the last interview.
5. Cultural Fit Interview: Questions about previous projects, ways of working, and Leadership principles.
I received an email with an offer 1 week after the final interview.
Domande di colloquio [1]
Domanda 1
Why do you want to join booking?
How have you handled positive and constructive feedback previously?
apply online and then got an interview opportunity with the hackerrank test, after thet an hr call and then two rounds of tech interviews, after that there is a beharviour interview
Ho presentato la mia candidatura tramite un'agenzia di reclutamento personale. Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Booking.com (Amsterdam) nel mese di giu 2026
Colloquio
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
Domande di colloquio [1]
Domanda 1
They asked about idempotency, retry mechanisms, inter-process communication, observability, reliability, and scalability.
Ho presentato la mia candidatura tramite un selezionatore. Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Booking.com
Colloquio
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.
Domande di colloquio [1]
Domanda 1
Design a hotel search and availability system that returns available rooms for a given date range and can handle high traffic.