Senior Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Booking.com with 3.2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 45% positive. To compare, the company-average is 59% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Senior Software Engineer roles take an average of 24 days to get hired, when considering 33 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 Senior Software Engineer according to 33 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 29%
Skills test: 17%
Presentation: 12%
Group panel interview: 9%
One on one interview: 9%
Other: 6%
Background check: 5%
Drug test: 5%
Personality test: 5%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
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I applied online. I interviewed at Booking.com (Amsterdam)
Interview
First there was a phone screen with a recruiter covering my experience and interests, reason for leaving current company.
Then a technical interview - one complex problem to be solved in around 40 minutes (1 hour interview, 10 minutes introduction, 10 minutes for questions at the end).
FAANG style problem, as I had been previously warned.
Unfortunately while I was on the right track, I didn't manage to progress enough in the available time.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Complex graph search problem - I liked that the problem description was adapted to have some relevance to the company.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Booking.com (Toronto, ON) in Oct 2025
Interview
Completed an initial phone screen with an HR representative where we discussed the role responsibilities, team structure, company culture, and walked through the full interview process and expected next steps.
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Booking.com (Bengaluru) in Aug 2025
Interview
3 Rounds
1. Coding Round (Online - Hackerank) - Given frontend and backend (API) problem.
2. Technical Round - Ask question on 1st round and what you did in past, System Design question.
3. Manger Round
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Booking.com in Jul 2025
Interview
first interview - HR
second interview - leetcode style
third interview - design (didn't pass it). recruiter was very kind (I have to reschedule few times and she handle it respectfully)
leetcode was not trivial but went ok. the design interview didn't went well, i could not get the feedback from the interviewer during the interview he was not comunicating