Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Bookmap as 100% positive with a difficulty rating score of 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Software Engineer - Java Developer and rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Software Engineer - Java Developer and roles were rated as the easiest.
The hiring process at Bookmap takes an average of 7 days when considering 1 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Software Engineer - Java Developer had the quickest hiring process (on average 7 days), whereas Software Engineer - Java Developer roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 7 days).
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Bookmap in Apr 2025
Interview
The interview process went smoothly and fast, with only 3 rounds, in which the second one was a paid homework task related to Bookmap API. Interviews are on the more technical side, especially about how Java works.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe the mechanism of a simple garbage collector.
They gave me a task to complete fist and then invited me for a technical interview about Java basics and some Java specific data structure implementations. They also asked me to review some code and asked me about how I would solve certain problems.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you improve Java linked list implementation?