1. Initial HR telephonic round related with current work, family status, moving out to a different country.
2. Telephonic interview with screen share.
The browser based tool used to share the screen stopped working couple of times due to too many simultaneous users.
Interview questions:
a. Basic questions about web/INTERNET/HTTP
b. Specify T-SQL schema for a movie review site
c. Basic T-SQL queries to get ranking/rating for specific movies based on genre
I guess the interveiwer expectation was to move towards NoSQL store with varied meta-data associated with Movie-content
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
A classic old question about describing what happens when user enters a url in browser.
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Booking.com (Amsterdam) in Feb 2026
Interview
Consists of an initial logic programming test for gatekeeping followed by actual platform/techstack specific tests and technical questions. If you get through the initial test you get informed every step of the way whether you pass or not. The assignments are not terribly complicated but you will need to be prepared for the technical back and forth.
I applied online. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Booking.com (Hyderābād) in Apr 2022
Interview
The interview process was very smooth and well paced. The interaction with the recruiters, interviewers was very friendly, organic. They were very cooperative and helpful throughout the interview process. slot booking method was very good and they would also provide right resources to go through to prepare.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Interview was mostly about leaning about your thinking and approach towards a problem. How do you come up about handling a problem related to scale, are you able to modularize your components.
There were 3 rounds :
1) Round one was simple Java based question, not much about algorithms, data structures. It was more about coming up with right states as Enums, designing right processing flow, handling edge cases.
2) This was system design round about developing some component which may be used in booking.com. It was more about handling large scales, retries, failures, external system integration etc.
3) Third round was cultural fit round to evaluate how you handle pressure, failure, team etc.
The interview process was very smooth and productive. I was so relaxed during the whole process because the interviewers were so friendly. The interviewers were so precise but at the same time, they were always ready to help.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
It consists of an online coding session then a system design question and at the end some behavioral and business questions.
Backend Developer applicants have rated the interview process at Booking.com with 3.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 75% positive. To compare, the company-average is 59% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Backend Developer roles take an average of 27 days to get hired, when considering 8 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Booking.com overall takes an average of 25 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Booking.com as a Backend Developer according to 8 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 39%
One on one interview: 22%
Skills test: 17%
Presentation: 11%
Background check: 6%
Drug test: 6%
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