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      Software Developer Interview

      Jan 5, 2017
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Amsterdam
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Booking.com (Amsterdam) in Aug 2016

      Interview

      Was approached by one of their in-house recruiters on LinkedIn. The recruiters were very, very competent and made the whole process as clear and straightforward as possible. It was very enjoyable, and also quick. First was a quick phone call with the recruiter. I was asked about salary. It was refreshing to have a frank and honest conversation without the negotiation. But be prepared for this question early on. Apparently salary is also dependant on interview performance. Second was an online test. Four questions on Hackerrank with a 90 minute limit. The questions tested basic CS knowledge like algorithms and data structures. It was very fair. The questions weren't equally difficult, so spending 1/4 of the time on each is a mistake. Luckily, I'd practised Hackerrank before, otherwise I would have bombed due to the weird standard in/out unit test thing Hackerrank uses. One annoying thing was that one or two of the test cases timed out for me. I was using Python, so I don't know if the timeout was set for C or something. Maybe I just used a sub-optimal algorithm, but I managed to talk to somebody else who ran into the same issue. On-sight was also great. They arranged for flights and a hotel. Plenty of drink and snacks. There were three interviews, each an hour. The technical interview was tricky but fair with two lovely interviewers. I had to write out an algorithm/pseudo-code on paper. This is harder than it sounds, and also worth practising. The system design/architecture was also with two interviewers, and largely good. My only criticism is given that they ask questions with potentially very broad and deep answers, adding an additional constraint after 30 minutes isn't great and messes with your time planning. Maybe it's a strategy? But they were supportive. The "fit" or "culture" interview was however terrible. It wasn't at all as advised. We barely talked about the company or their culture. Instead, a single developer who had apparently never worked with clients or outside web development interrogated me. It seemed like he was just looking for a weakness and focussed almost half the interview on something he perceived as that. He seemed friendly superficially, but unlike the other interviewers it seemed to not want me to succeed. It was almost hostile. I think he was inexperienced in people management and more of a developer than a manager. So the lack of broad experience and hostility made it very difficult to communicate well. Very surprising given that you would send such a person, especially to the only interview with one interviewer. Ultimately, I was informed that although the technical interviewers were in favour, the fit interviewer wasn't and so I didn't get an offer. Except for the fit interview, I'd do it again.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      The questions were mostly applications of basic CS stuff (algos and data structs). The hardest was the system design/architecture interview question. Frankly, if you don't have web dev experience, especially with large scale apps this is tricky to even revise for. The task/question I got was to design a critical component to interact with another service. The hard part was error handling/failover and maintaining consistency.
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      Software Engineer Interview

      May 23, 2026
      Anonymous interview candidate
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Booking.com

      Interview

      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.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Design a hotel search and availability system that returns available rooms for a given date range and can handle high traffic.
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      Software Engineer Interview

      Apr 23, 2026
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Amsterdam
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at Booking.com (Amsterdam)

      Interview

      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.

      Software Engineer Interview

      Apr 22, 2026
      Anonymous employee
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Booking.com

      Interview

      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

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