I applied online. The process took 7 weeks. I interviewed at Booking.com in Aug 2023
Interview
The interview process was rather lengthy with 3 rounds of interview aside the initial Recruiter phone call. It consisted of one Technical Interview focused on technical aspects of the role, previous technical experience and specific knowledge measured to current technical standards of 2023. The next interview was the Business Interview that focused on the stakeholder management, soft skills and abilities to navigate complexities in day to day responsibilities. The last interview was the FIT interview which aimed at ensuring both the company and myself were aligned and could work well together. Overall, a decent process, it required thorough preparation from me and left me the feeling of having to work for this role - a fair conclusion I'd say.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you manage two senior stakeholders who are disagreeing on an idea? Please describe in 5 steps how you would handle this scenario. What security framework have you worked with and why would you consider it appropriate? Give a few examples of how you managed C-Level stakeholders and share a few lessons you learned from it.
The recruiter rescheduled the interview multiple times, and didn't show up to the call. I wonder if they are using AI to schedule these things. Thank you for wasting my time I guess.
Initial HR screening, followed by Hiring Manager and then two product craft interviews on separate days.
Overall great experience and great culture resonance shown by the interview panels through out.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Retrospective questions based on previous experience specially into vision and strategy and execution.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Booking.com (Amsterdam) in Sep 2023
Interview
The recruiter was really amazing. He took care of the experience. I met the hiring manager and it went smoothly as well. The next two rounds were scheduled - one was for product strategy and customer success, The second is stakeholder management and execution. The first of the two was great where the interviewers asked specific questions. the second one the interviewers were very vague and I was not sure what they were expecting. It felt like a waste of time since they were pretty much-expecting answers of how they work.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Vague questions: How did you execute this project? What was your role in this project? How do you manage stakeholders? Specific questions Tell me about a time you managed a conflict of priorities