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      Software Engineer Interview

      Apr 10, 2025
      Anonymous employee
      Accepted offer
      Neutral experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied through a recruiter. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Booking.com in Jan 2025

      Interview

      Got approached by a recruiter for a SWE role. Whole process took around 1.5 months. Three stages to the process: 1. Technical interview - standard leetcode style (heard back 1 day later saying I passed) 2. System design & Behavioural (two separate interviews conducted on same day) Got the offer around 3 weeks after my sys design and behavioural saying I passed. Didn't like how the system design was conducted - very rigid structure that made it unnecessarily hard.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      medium difficulty leetcode, standard sys design and standard behavioural questions
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      Software Engineer Interview

      Jun 23, 2026
      Anonymous employee
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Booking.com

      Interview

      apply online and then got an interview opportunity with the hackerrank test, after thet an hr call and then two rounds of tech interviews, after that there is a beharviour interview

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      it is more about tech
      Answer question
      1

      Software Engineer Interview

      Jun 13, 2026
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Amsterdam
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      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.
      Answer question
      1

      Software Engineer Interview

      May 23, 2026
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      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.
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      Booking.com interviews FAQs

      • Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Booking.com with 3.1 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 59% positive. To compare, the company-average is 59% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
      • Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 28 days to get hired, when considering 126 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 Software Engineer according to 126 Glassdoor interviews include:

        Phone interview:  36%

        Skills test:  16%

        One on one interview:  13%

        Presentation:  11%

        Group panel interview:  11%

        Background check:  6%

        Personality test:  3%

        IQ intelligence test:  2%

        Other:  2%

        Drug test:  1%

      • Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -

        1. Account Manager(728) ;
        2. Customer Service Representative(493) ;
        3. Customer Service Specialist(401) ;
        4. Customer Service Executive(264) ;
        5. Account Executive(230) ;
        6. Software Engineer(180) ;
        7. Customer Service(161) ;
        8. Credit Controller(117) ;
        9. Senior Account Manager(101) ;
        10. Customer Service Guest Specialist(100) ;
        11. Software Developer(92) ;
        12. Team Leader(92) ;
        13. Product Manager(70) ;
        14. Customer Service Agent(65) ;
        15. CSE(60) .


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