I applied online. I interviewed at Booking.com (New Delhi) in Aug 2017
Interview
It all started with a hackerrank test with 4 questions which I passed all with 100% result. Followed by HR interview then finally skype interview with 2 interviewers who ruined my interview. First of all their interviewers aren't able to speak english properly. It was really hard to understand them. They asked 1st question which I coded successfully but interviewers never engaged me in conversation which coding the solution as it seems they were in a hurry. Second problem statement wasn't well written and was hard to understand the question. They weren't able to answer my questions regarding problem statement and instead replied read the problem statement. They weren't communicating properly at all which resulted in bad solution to last problem and next day got rejected email. If this is the way you take interviews then better not to work for such company.
Sequence of robot moves and find circular loops in given moves sequence. sequence = "<<>>>>^v^v>><<" , < WEST, > EAST, ^ NORTH, v SOUTH. ^v this is a circular loop. find all such loops in a moves sequence.
I applied through a staffing agency. I interviewed at Booking.com (Amsterdam) in Jun 2026
Interview
Two stages:
- Technical: consisted of two parts. The first one was a hands-on coding exercise where I had to solve a problem, and the second one was focused on system design.
- Culture fit
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked about idempotency, retry mechanisms, inter-process communication, observability, reliability, and scalability.
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.
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.