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%
Background check: 4%
Drug test: 4%
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I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Booking.com in Jul 2015
Interview
First a brief call from an IT recruiter to see what my motivations are for applying and my expectation of the position. Then a technical phone interview where two not very difficult programming problems are given. Also, this second round has four programming tasks that you should do online at any time that is convenient to you, but it is timed once you start. In the third round you get invited to go to Amsterdam for the final interviews.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given a list of words, group them by anagrams of each other.
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...)