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Updated Feb 2, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Senior Systems Administrator at Expedia
Posted Feb 2, 2012
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3.0
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2012 in Bellevue, WA (took 3 days)
I was referred through a friend of a friend. Things move swiftly. I submitted a resume on friday and the following monday I was asked through email to schedule a phone interview with the hiring manager. That monday, I spoke with the hiring manager at length for a bit longer than was scheduled. Things seemed to go great, and I was invited to talk with the hiring manager over lunch.
We discussed a good deal about the position, and opinions on how the position would be held, as well as company culture and where they are going. Things seemed to turn out well.
I was then invited a week or so later for an interview loop. I interviewed with four people, including the VP of the department. As far as I could tell, skills and personality interviews went well. Lots of smiles and encouraging body language.
At the very end of the interview loop for the day, the HR representative was saying goodbye and it felt just a little off or odd, like they were waiting for me to say something profound. I chalked it up to being tired from talking all day long.
I had no response for a week, then a request for another interview with a technical person in the department. We spoke for a good deal of time, ticking through questions and having a very active discussion about the tasks at hand.
After that discussion, which went overtime by approximately a half hour, I never heard from them again, until a few weeks later, when I received the pre-written letter stating that they have chosen another candidate. What is interesting is at the time of this writing they still have the open job requisition posted. I wish them good luck on filling the position.
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I got the interview through an Employee Referral and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Team Manager at Expedia
Posted Jan 29, 2012
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jul 2010 in Bellevue, WA (took 4 weeks)
the process was long most of the day was spent in a conference room waiting for people to filter in. The people all seemed nice however the recruiter was a kind flaky.l
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview and a Background Check.
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Senior Business Analyst at Expedia
Posted Jan 27, 2012
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Dec 2011 (took a day)
I applied online and received an email stating the Recruiter would like to speak with me. We set up some time to discuss my qualifications and when he called, he was actually interested in interviewing me of a different position.
The interview went well and he clearly stated the next steps (of following up with the hiring manager) and that I should hear from him by the end of that week.
...it's the end of January and I'm still "waiting" (although I've already assumed they went with another candidate).
My advice to the Recruiters is to follow up with the candidate in a timely manner whatever the outcome is. People do not like to be left hanging out there to make their own assumptions and we don't want to keep emailing someone asking what the status is.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Ecommerce at Expedia
Posted Jan 19, 2012
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3.0
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed May 2011 (took 5 weeks)
Screener with Recruiter, phone interview with hiring manager, in-person round with 5 or so interviewers
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Localization Quality Manager at Expedia
Posted Jan 13, 2012
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Nov 2011 in Prague (Czech Republic) (took 2+ weeks)
Initial interviewing was conducted by a recruitment agency and that was a mess -- they insisted on talking money before discussing responsibilities or revealing employer's name, took net for gross, etc. After passing a translation/copywriting test (with fixed time limit) I was scheduled for 2 subsequent phone interviews with Expedia loc department people. Everything was handled in a professional manner, scheduling was smooth and they duly informed about each step. Interviews as such were short, informative and straightforward -- general questions about experience or hypothetical quality issues.
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Unfortunately, the offer they came up with was uncompetitive, esp. taking into consideration requirements, level of responsibility and cost of living in Prague -- even nice bonuses would not make up for it. (A few years back their competitor offered not much less only for on-site translation work.) Finally I declined, even though the job itself seemed really great. Not sure if all that resulted from the initial mix-up or whether that's Expedia's idea of EE remuneration levels.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a Skills Test and a Background Check.
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Software Development Engineer I at Expedia
Posted Dec 16, 2011 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Dec 2011 in Bellevue, WA (took 3 days)
The recruiter sent me the interview request. She asked about my interview schedule, and also gave me a list of questions to answer.
*What attracted you to Expedia and/or this particular role?
*Do you possess long term work authorization to work for any employer in the US?
*What is your current salary and what are your salary expectations?
*List 4-6 bullet points of why you feel you are a good match for this role?
*Please provide a copy of your resume.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a Skills Test.
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Software Development Engineer II at Expedia
Posted Dec 19, 2011
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3.0
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Sep 2011 in Bellevue, WA (took 2 days)
* Phone interview - technical, problem solving, algorithms and data structures. Finally, was asked to code up a problem and send the solution by email
* A day full of technical 1:1 interviews with the team members and the hiring manager and his boss.
* Half hour non-technical 1:1 interview with the director of the test team
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Negotiation Details
yes.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Background Check.
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Senior Product Manager at Expedia
Posted Dec 12, 2011
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Sep 2011 (took a day)
I got the opportunity to interview through networking. The interview lasted for 45 min - 1 hr. Consisted of 1 case and few HR questions. The interviewer was well prepared, treated me with respect and tried to ensure that I was comfortable. The interview was easy and I thought I did quite well. I got a response after 3-4 weeks saying that they went with another candidate, although the interviewer was impressed with my performance. Would have been better if they told me why.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Test Manager at Expedia
Posted Nov 29, 2011 — 2 of 2 people found this helpful
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2011 in Bellevue, WA (took 6 weeks)
Applied on-line via the ExpediaJobs website. Recieved an automated response and a personal followup one week later. It took another week to set up a phone screen with the Dev Manager. Phone screen went very smoothly -- he seemed very knowledgable about Test and open about the team's need at the moment.
10 days later I had a full day of interviews. I am local to their HQ so no travel arrangements were needed. Every person I talked to had the words 'Senior' 'Director' or 'Architect' in their title -- they asked a lot of very probing questions around people management style, fit for team, Agile experience -- only one person had a technical question for me. The Test Architect drew a block diagram of a system on the board and had me describe my approach to testing it. The system was fairly simple but interacted with a lot of 3rd party back-end services. The intent of the question seemed to be to see if I could indentify where the complexity of this system was -- and where I would focus my time in testing.
2 weeks later found out that this position was filled internally but that transition had opened up another Test Manager position -- could I come in *again* for another round of interviews? Shorter this time around -- the hiring manager took me to lunch and had two other testers ask technical questions similar to the first round. Be prepared to think on your feet and ask lots of clarifying questions.
Perceptions of the place: Beautiful building and surroundings! The people are very dedicated to Agile methods and are moving quickly on short development cycles.
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Negotiation Details
No stock options upon hire but a generous signing bonus makes up for it. Bonus comes in 2 parts and I will need to stay 12 months after each payment in order to keep it all. 2 years at Expedia seems very doable.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Background Check.
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Software Dev Engineer II at Expedia
Posted Nov 27, 2011 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Oct 2011 in Bellevue, WA (took 3 days)
Started with an e-mail requesting basic information from the HR Recruiter, then we had an HR screening interview with basic questions about my experience and my last job (nothing technical). Next she set up a phone interview with a technical manager, this interview was all technical. He wanted to know how to speed up database queries, what solution you would choose for a friend's wedding website if you had to build one, a couple of java questions (difference between abstract and interface, about JUnit mock objects -- when to use one), uhm... how to troubleshoot a co-worker's machine if the page was returning very slowly. Unfortunately it never got to a personable interview, where they would learn why I'm different from other devs and why they'd want to hire me specifically... too bad. Also to note, I had applied to a Software Engineer in Test position and the recruiter recommended this one instead. Every other job I apply to at Expedia now, whether I feel fully qualified or not, I get turned down for before the interview stage. The interview went well so I'm not sure what the issue is, but... well, ace the interview the first time around if you can!
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