I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Booking.com in May 2022
Interview
The process is divided into 5 steps:
1. Hackerrank tests: 3 questions and 90 minutes to solve them
2. HR call: friendly call where you discuss your motivation, why booking, why Amsterdam, etc.
After this call, I received an email to schedule the next interviews on the same day.
3. System Design Interview: Whiteboard interview with 2 colleagues where you are asked to design a part of the booking.com system.
4. Coding Interview: Live coding exercise alongside 2 Booking.com employees
After a couple of hours, I received an email to schedule the last interview.
5. Cultural Fit Interview: Questions about previous projects, ways of working, and Leadership principles.
I received an email with an offer 1 week after the final interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why do you want to join booking?
How have you handled positive and constructive feedback previously?
apply online and then got an interview opportunity with the hackerrank test, after thet an hr call and then two rounds of tech interviews, after that there is a beharviour interview
I applied through a staffing agency. I interviewed at Booking.com (Amsterdam) in June 2026
Interview
Two stages:
- Technical: consisted of two parts. The first one was a hands-on coding exercise where I had to solve a problem, and the second one was focused on system design.
- Culture fit
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked about idempotency, retry mechanisms, inter-process communication, observability, reliability, and scalability.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Booking.com
Interview
I recently interviewed with Booking.com for a software engineer role. The process was well-organized and took about 3–4 weeks. It started with an online assessment on HackerRank with a couple of LeetCode medium problems. That was followed by a technical screen where I did live coding and discussed basic algorithms. The final round was a full day of back-to-back sessions: algorithmic coding, system design (something like designing a hotel availability checker), a behavioral round using STAR questions, and a chat with a manager about company values. The interviewers were professional and friendly, and the problems felt relevant to Booking's actual business. On the downside, some coding rounds felt repetitive, and I didn't get much feedback after being rejected. Overall, it was a fair but challenging process. My advice: practice medium-level array and hash map problems, review basic system design, and have solid STAR stories ready. I'd rate it 4 out of 5 stars and would recommend it to other engineers.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Design a hotel search and availability system that returns available rooms for a given date range and can handle high traffic.