Ho presentato la mia candidatura online. La procedura ha richiesto 4 settimane. Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Booking.com nel mese di dic 2022
Colloquio
- Screening call with the recruiter. - Live Coding with 2 SREs (no need to to execute the code just write and explain the solution including the complexity). - Live System Design with 2 SREs. - Final Offer Call with the HR.
Domande di colloquio [1]
Domanda 1
A live coding interview with leetcode style of questions. I was given time to prepare on trees and graphs. The system design was challenging compared to the other system-designs I had done. I was asked to design a configuration store and retrieve system for booking with very precise requirements.
Ho presentato la mia candidatura online. Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Booking.com (Amsterdam)
Colloquio
This was the first interview. In general it was a relaxed conversation with in depth moments. The main goals was to share information about the applicant, the company and see if there is a possible match. I like the academic nuance but the feedback is taking too long and is not clearly communicated.
Domande di colloquio [1]
Domanda 1
What is the complexity of the pseudocode the that I am going to post in the chatbox?
Ho presentato la mia candidatura online. La procedura ha richiesto 4 settimane. Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Booking.com nel mese di dic 2023
Colloquio
- Recruiter’s Call: Motivation, recent experiences. etc.
- Live Coding (1 Hour): Code on Hackerrank. No need to run and test the code.
- System Design and monitoring (75 minutes)
- Cultural Fit (1 Hour): This round was super weird.
Domande di colloquio [1]
Domanda 1
- Live Coding: Easy problem related to recursion. Calculate time and space complexity.
- System Design: Design a part of Booking’s internal system.
- Cultural Fit: I had a bad experience in this round. One of the interviewers often frowned and was very dismissive. Asked odd questions:
- What is the size of your company
- How many people work in your company
- Explain to me the hierarchy of the company
Ho presentato la mia candidatura online. La procedura ha richiesto 3 settimane. Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Booking.com (Amsterdam) nel mese di dic 2023
Colloquio
It took 2-3 weeks between the initial call and the live-coding interview.
On the Live Coding, there were 2 engineers on the call. They were nice and appreciated my effort, even if the solution was no the best one.
Domande di colloquio [1]
Domanda 1
You're given an array of city pairs and a start city. You need to find a valid itinerary:
cities = [
['Milan', 'Mexico'],
['Mexico', 'Dubai'],
['Berlin', 'Milan'],
['Barcelona', 'Berlin'],
]
Having the start: "Barcelona"
Here it would be: [ Barcelona, Berlin, Milan, Mexico, Dubai ]