I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Booking.com (Amsterdam) in Aug 2018
Interview
Clear process
1. Application.
2. Phone screening with HR - general conversations about experience and skills. Received an email with the home assignment afterwards.
3. Home assignment. You are provided with a data set, assignment itself consists of 3 parts.
4. Then 2 weeks later received a call that I'm invited for a technical interview. During the interview you need to talk about your experience + solve a business case. Not too tricky.
5. On-site interview in Amsterdam (flight tickets and 3 nights in the hotel are paid by the company). First interview with recruiter then 2 technical interviews (2 business cases for the first one and 1 business case for the second one but it depends) + cultural fit interview.
6. Next day received a call that they won't offer a position.
Overall a pleasant experience, received feedback after every stage.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you describe MapReduce to a 5 year old?
How do you deal with NULL values in the data set?
How would you implement an A/B test?
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Booking.com in May 2022
Interview
It's a usual process with first screening by HR and 2 business interviews with stakeholders. Business interviews mainly revolve around case study and scenario questions, which is coming really close to real-life challenge so I really like it. Overall I feel great about the process, if it can go a bit quicker then there is no negative point at all.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a particular challenge you have with your current role and how you cope with it?
Technical assignment with two open cases you have to solve and send them an open answer. You can choose the language and tools to use. After that automated email informing if you continue in the process or not. Quite impersonal and no feedback.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Booking.com (Amsterdam) in Nov 2021
Interview
Interview process was very smooth. The recruiter agreed to shorten the process since I had already gone through 4 rounds for another position. The interview panel made sure to meet the same day of the interviews and gave me their feedback the same night :)
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How should booking.com assess and decide whether it's better to proceed with an outsourced call center service or hire/train in-house? What information/data would be needed?