Priceline.com Software Engineer interview questions

I was reached out by a recuiter, who tried to involve me to a technical interview after an initial phone conversaion. It was schedule a week after. The recruiter is fine though. Then comes the technical interview. The interview was done using Zoom. Video on, that's fine. But for 2 things that's made this experience pretty bad, or even unbearable. 1. It's a common sense I believe for an interview over video, at least get yourself a quieter room. I was in my own room and told my family to keep quite even 10 minutes before and after the interview to minimize any possible noise, but the interviewer apparently didn't. I know it's Covid time, but still, the interview was constantly interrupted by kid's noise, interviewer's wife talking over the phone, on and on. Even the interviewer asked me to hold on for a minute, and asked his family to quite down. 2. The code interview part, right on, a link with hackerrank, and asks me to solve it. No background, just read it yourself, do it yourself. I was like, okay, I will try. I am not quite great at live coding interview, getting nervous a bit. So I tried to think out loud, explain my thoughts, and all that, but no feedback from the interviewer. I was like, fine. I will just shut up since you don't really care. Even I once said, I am a bit struggle, mind giving a hint? No. I lost my patience from then on pretty much, and with video on his end, clearly he's doing his own work, and replying emails and chat, I can hear the chimes from the IM the interviewer is using. Will not apply again for sure.

Process included total of 5 rounds . Each was an elimination round. The recruitment team was great to follow up on all queries and for scheduling the interviews. Everything was conducted very smoothly. First round was a telephonic interview with one their previous employee. Second round was taken by a pair of developers from US. In-depth knowledge + One Ds algo question in the end Third round was a hands on a given project to add a functionality to it. Fourth round with a Team Lead. Discusses through your expectations and does it align with the company well or not. Fifth round with India Head. Discussion basically around role and responsibilities that will be held and offer release. The discussion could be a little uptight as against to previous rounds.