I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Booking.com (Amsterdam) in Mar 2024
Interview
The interview process went quite smoothly, The first round was a hackerrank test with 2 medium leet code questions and 2 MCQs, then a personality and IQ test, the 3rd step was the interview with the recruiter, they were really nice, explained about the position, asked some normal behavioral questions and gave me some tips for the next steps, the last round is an in-person assessment day, consisting of 3 interviews, technical interview, behavioral interview, and a group assignment. All the recruiters and interviewers were extremely nice and supportive and it was the best interview experience that I ever had with a company.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What are you most proud of? How you manage your time when you have a tight deadline? Tell us about the projects that you did.
I applied online. I interviewed at Booking.com (Amsterdam) in Jan 2026
Interview
Got an online assessment, aced it perfectly, but still got a generic rejection letter. I have no idea why they sent me the OA if they are just in the plan to reject me however I did the OA.
First a very easy coding test, After passing the coding test, a personality test is conducted, and then an HR call is made. I got rejected after an HR call.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What Software Engineering Principles did you use in your project?
I interviewed at Booking.com (Manchester, England)
Interview
Everyone was nice and the whole experience is smooth. The first round is a hackerrank test, and then is a harver personality test, and then is the hr interview and the last is AC.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Common competency BQ questions (Speak of a time...)
Graduate Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Booking.com with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 67% positive. To compare, the company-average is 59% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Graduate Software Engineer roles take an average of 26 days to get hired, when considering 15 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 Graduate Software Engineer according to 15 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 27%
One on one interview: 27%
Presentation: 19%
Skills test: 12%
IQ intelligence test: 8%
Background check: 4%
Drug test: 4%
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