I applied online. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Booking.com
Interview
1. Online coding on Hackerrank
2. Skype round with HR
3. Online coding / pair programming
After you clear 3 rounds, they call you onsite to Amsterdam , total expense paid by Booking.
Onsite contains briefing by HR after which you have the following
4. Coding round
5. System Design
6. Cultural Fit
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. Don't remember hackerrank questions
2. Pair programming : A question on similar lines of maximum no of platforms on a railway station, if we are giving arrival time and departure time of Train
3. Onsite -> Coding : Dictionary and words question which could be found on careercup
4. System Design : Designing monitoring system for booking.com
5. Cultural fit : General questions about your work, difficult task, etc
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Booking.com (Jaipur, Rajasthan) in Jun 2016
Interview
Round 0 :: CV must be shortlisted
Round 1 :: Tech Online Test Round
Round 2 :: HR Telephonic Round
Round 3 :: Tech Telephonic Round [ This want I stucked :-( ] duration : 40 minutes
It was on collaborative screen 2 member from core backend team joined the call and fired the questions.
Given any number of arrays containing numbers, write a function which
finds the numbers that appear in exactly two arrays.
arrays = [
[6, 2, 2, 0, 4],
[5, 0, 2, 6, 7, 1],
[6, 7, 9, 9],
]
find_in_two(arrays) should return [2, 0, 7]
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2+ months. I interviewed at Booking.com (Amsterdam) in Dec 2015
Interview
The whole interview process was great, I really enjoyed it.
At first, I received invitation for phone interview and assignment - 4 not difficult tasks for 1 hour. Next stage of interview process was a phone call from HR: he described details of nearest phone interview with IT specialists and other common things and answered all my questions, I told about my skills and experience. Next stage - remote interview with IT specialists. There was 2 not difficult tasks, interviewers watched for coding process live and I described my thoughts and ideas. Next stage was in Amsterdam, Booking.com arranged flights and accommodation. There was 2 rounds of technical questions and 1 business question. Tasks wasn't difficult again, but there was not only 1 solution, interviewers interested in my thoughts and the way I chosed for solution.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Check the string for the correct using of parenthesis. They can be (), [], {}.