I applied online. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Booking.com (Manchester, England) in Nov 2021
Interview
I had applied for the graduate scheme.
2 weeks after aplying received an invitation for hackerrank test. It consisted of 2 easy, 1 medium leetcode style questions on arrays, datastructures and a system design question.
About a week later received invitation for HR screening round. This was a 30 min call with one of the HRs discussig motivation, career aspirations and what booking has to offer.
After this, the final 1-1 interview rounds were scheduled for around 3 weeks later (assessment centre).
On the interview day, 3 team members at various levels (senior developer, manager, senior manager) conducted 1-1 competency based interviews, 30 mins each. After this a group interview along with 3 other candidates to discuss and create a strategy for given problem.
After the interview, received a call 5 days later with the offer.
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...)