Data Scientist applicants have rated the interview process at Booking.com with 3.1 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 54% positive. To compare, the company-average is 59% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Data Scientist roles take an average of 25 days to get hired, when considering 40 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Booking.com overall takes an average of 25 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Booking.com as a Data Scientist according to 40 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 41%
Presentation: 17%
Group panel interview: 12%
Skills test: 12%
One on one interview: 11%
Other: 4%
Background check: 3%
Personality test: 1%
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I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Booking.com (Amsterdam) in Apr 2018
Interview
I applied via the "Jobs" section in Hackerrank, where I had to answer a simple statistics exam. I can't remember all the questions but they were related to regularization and p-values. Then I had a brief phone interview with HR so they could tell me more about the position. Then I had a technical phone interview with two scientists, where I talked about a project I had previously worked on, they asked a lot of technical questions. Then they asked how I would implement a "best value for money" offer on their website and afterwards how I would test it.
Then I flew to Amsterdam (they paid for everything) to have an on-site interview. I had three interviews: in the first one I had to give a presentation that they had asked me to prepare about a destination recommender; in the second one (with different people) they asked me how I would implement a recommender system in their website; and in the third one I talked with a manager about myself and past projects, this last one wasn't technical.
In the end they told me that they were looking for someone with more experience and that I was more suitable for a junior position, which they didn't have at the time so they didn't give me an offer.
I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Booking.com
Interview
Interview process was solid and relevant. There were three rounds: one technical, one business case directly tied to the role, and one focused on company alignment. Most rounds included case studies, which tested problem solving approach along with technical knowledge. The conversations were clear and to the point. Main focus was on how you approach problems and whether that fits with the company values. Reading about the values and culture beforehand is important
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Follow up questions from case study, questions about experimentation
30 mins phone screen with recruiter, next round will be with 2 data scientists and discuss on a business case. Seems like they did have some opinion on that question, it was not like a open discussion.
I talked with manager and recruiter. Some questions about personality and some about technical skills. Some were more difficult then others. The people were quitte nice. But a lot of competition