I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Booking.com (London, England) in Aug 2015
Interview
I applied about a month before I heard back from them (I'd actually forgotten I'd applied). They wanted me to for the test two days after the email which was impossible. They then said they weren't able to reschedule a test, then lo and behold, the next day they suddenly decided they could reschedule the test.
You have a 1.5-hour written test spilt into five parts. This was handwritten, not on a computer. You have to use such basic English, no idioms, metaphors etc (it sounds really dull when you've written it), as most of the viewers are not native speakers.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The written test consists of
1) rewriting a hotel review (they say to edit it in a tiny box which is ridiculous - you need to rewrite the entire thing on another piece of paper); choosing a photo from a choice of four and reasoning why it should be the main pic; saying which other pics should be included and why.
2) reading five reviews from customers and then writing a hotel review based on this.
3) writing a letter to an unhappy hotelier who wants his hotel to be listed as the best one in the area.
4) writing a destination review - they give a couple of pointers that can be included.
5) proofreading
You have no internet access and you can't type anything - so moving paragraphs around just isn't an option! What you write first, is what they read, pretty much.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Booking.com
Interview
I was contacted by the recruiter and asked to submit links to my portfolio. I was told it could take up to 3 days to hear back from her and that I shouldn't hesitate to contact her with any questions.
I never heard back from her even though I sent several emails for feedback. This seems to be a trend this days unfortunately. It makes the company looks very bad though
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Booking.com in Mar 2017
Interview
The first step was a task - answering three questions about how i see the platform and what improvements could be made to it to make the user experience better.
The next step was a screening call from a recruiter, which lasted around 30 minutes and included general questions about myself and how I deal with different situations, but mostly around collaboration with colleagues and teamwork.
The last step was a face to face interview at the local office I was going to be based at with my direct manager joining via video call as she was based in a different country.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Best question I got asked was at the end of the interview - how did you think you did? Do you think you ruined some answers?
I applied online. I interviewed at Booking.com (Milan) in May 2016
Interview
Slow and awful recruitment process they called me for the first interview after one month. The offices in Milan are surrounded by homeless, there is a glass wall in the waiting room and the homeless where literally washing themselves right in front of me, they had mattresses, cooking pans like they were actually living there. Put curtains if you can't get rid of them! this was such an unprofessional first impression. I met 3-4 people who didn't even bother introducing themselves and lead me to participate to an editing test which took me 1hour. I haven't hear back from them ever since and it has now been over a month. I have sent them an email and nobody ever bothered to reply.
I will never send my CV to this company again and will not recommend it to any professional.