Graduate Software Developer applicants have rated the interview process at Booking.com with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 67% positive. To compare, the company-average is 59% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Graduate Software Developer roles take an average of 26 days to get hired, when considering 15 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 Graduate Software Developer according to 15 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 27%
One on one interview: 27%
Presentation: 19%
Skills test: 12%
IQ intelligence test: 8%
Drug test: 4%
Background check: 4%
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I applied through college or university. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Booking.com (Amsterdam) in Jan 2018
Interview
It consisted of the following stages:
1- Online technical test
2- HR interview with the recruiter & and technical interview with 2 engineers in a job fair
3- On-site interview in Amsterdam. The on-site interview consisted of several sessions with engineers and managers, with both technical and non-technical questions.
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
Write an algorithm for the "Go" board game that determines if the game is over or not.
I applied online. I interviewed at Booking.com (Amsterdam) in Jan 2026
Interview
Got an online assessment, aced it perfectly, but still got a generic rejection letter. I have no idea why they sent me the OA if they are just in the plan to reject me however I did the OA.
First a very easy coding test, After passing the coding test, a personality test is conducted, and then an HR call is made. I got rejected after an HR call.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What Software Engineering Principles did you use in your project?
I interviewed at Booking.com (Manchester, England)
Interview
Everyone was nice and the whole experience is smooth. The first round is a hackerrank test, and then is a harver personality test, and then is the hr interview and the last is AC.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Common competency BQ questions (Speak of a time...)