I applied online. I interviewed at Agoda in Jun 2022
Interview
First Round: HR debrief. Trying to understand fit.
Second Round: Technical round. More questions about the types of projects done, analytical experience, and experience on AB Testing
Third Round: Case Study round. Received a take-home case study on the urgency message call to action. My solution was spot on and the interviewer was highly impressed.
Fourth Round: Technical round with Manager on general concepts. On-the-spot problem solving on AB Testing case asked
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Below was the Case Study I received:
Most of the time, the primary goal of launching a new feature on Agoda website is to increase the number of bookings. One way to increase the number of bookings and conversion rate is to encourage users to complete their bookings as fast as possible. The call-to-action message that helps us achieve that is internally known as an ‘urgency message’.
Examples of urgency messages are:
* “Prices have been rising. Book now to lock in your rates!”
* “Your check-in is fast approaching. Book now to lock in your rates!”
For this case imagine you will be presenting to two people: one is our head of analytics who is most interested in the math, and one is our head of strategy who is most interested in how your proposal will be implemented and end up being successful. Ensure your presentation addresses both. The team would like to understand the movement of the price as booking date approaches check-in date and hear your suggestion on business opportunity. Attached is a randomly sampled booking data from five different cities with check-in between 10/10/2016 – 12/31/2016.
Please analyze the data and prepare a presentation in any format of preference (i.e. PowerPoint, keynote, or pdf). You will have about 30 minutes to present your findings and proposal to the management as well as answering any questions they may have. Our management team is highly analytical and data driven hence you should include any detailed analysis or data findings you have done for this project.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Agoda (Bangkok) in Jan 2021
Interview
Process took around 3 weeks
1st round is an assessment test
Then a conversation with recruiter who will explain the process, role, pay etc
2nd round is 1 hour interview with a senior member. ( it was supposed to be technical but no technical questions were asked. Silly math questions of complex division, multiplication were asked and to be answered without any calculators. I did not understand the point of this)
3rd round is a 1hr case study presentation to 3 senior members. This is a good experience.
Received a rejection email after a week.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Agoda in Jan 2021
Interview
The whole process was a little over a month. Applied online, and got a 25 min online numerical reasoning test a week later. About a week after completing the test, I was asked to schedule an initial phone screen through their automated system. Had a 15 min video call with the recruiter, covering basic background / experience / logistics. After that, had an hour video call with a director. The interview was conversational, a lot of getting to know my work experience, examples of analytical (not just technical) work. Both interviews were late at night (pacific time) due to the time difference with Bangkok. Didn't make it past this round, but they said that rest of the process would've consisted of a take home analytics case study, then 1-2 more interviews with managers.