I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Booking.com in Nov 2016
Interview
I was contacted by linkedin by a recruiter. After 30 minutes conversation with the recruiter speaking about the company and my technical backgroud. She ask me if I was open to relocation, about my family and what I know about Booking.com. After the call, she send me a link to hackerrank to resolve in the next two days, 4 questions in 75 minutes.
After that, she call me and schedule a call with 2 developers to do an online coding test. I had to resolve 2 questions in hackerrank sharing my screen and explaing by phone.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
In the online code test they ask me about anagrams and well-formed xml.
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Booking.com (Amsterdã) 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.