I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Booking.com (Buenos Aires) in Sep 2015
Interview
Applied through a referral. First a phone interview with HR, about 20'. Some basic questions about my background and my past experience. Then some questions to test how much I know about the company. They also asked about my salary expectations. After the interview, they arranged to send me a test challenge that I had to get done within the next seven days. After you start the online test, you have 75' complete it. You have to write 4 algorithms and pass the automated tests. You don't have a lot of time. It's important to be sharp with "boilerplate" coding like file reading and string manipulation so you don't waste time with it and get the most time possible to think about the algorithms.
The test didn't go well, so they called me to inform me that they wouldn't go forward with the technical interview, but that I could practice and re-apply if I wanted to.
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Booking.com (Amsterdam) 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.