Me postulé en línea. El proceso tomó 4 semanas. Acudí a una entrevista en Booking.com en dic 2022
Entrevista
- Screening call with the recruiter. - Live Coding with 2 SREs (no need to to execute the code just write and explain the solution including the complexity). - Live System Design with 2 SREs. - Final Offer Call with the HR.
Preguntas de entrevista [1]
Pregunta 1
A live coding interview with leetcode style of questions. I was given time to prepare on trees and graphs. The system design was challenging compared to the other system-designs I had done. I was asked to design a configuration store and retrieve system for booking with very precise requirements.
Me postulé en línea. Acudí a una entrevista en Booking.com (Ámsterdam)
Entrevista
This was the first interview. In general it was a relaxed conversation with in depth moments. The main goals was to share information about the applicant, the company and see if there is a possible match. I like the academic nuance but the feedback is taking too long and is not clearly communicated.
Preguntas de entrevista [1]
Pregunta 1
What is the complexity of the pseudocode the that I am going to post in the chatbox?
Me postulé en línea. El proceso tomó 4 semanas. Acudí a una entrevista en Booking.com en dic 2023
Entrevista
- Recruiter’s Call: Motivation, recent experiences. etc.
- Live Coding (1 Hour): Code on Hackerrank. No need to run and test the code.
- System Design and monitoring (75 minutes)
- Cultural Fit (1 Hour): This round was super weird.
Preguntas de entrevista [1]
Pregunta 1
- Live Coding: Easy problem related to recursion. Calculate time and space complexity.
- System Design: Design a part of Booking’s internal system.
- Cultural Fit: I had a bad experience in this round. One of the interviewers often frowned and was very dismissive. Asked odd questions:
- What is the size of your company
- How many people work in your company
- Explain to me the hierarchy of the company
Me postulé en línea. El proceso tomó 3 semanas. Acudí a una entrevista en Booking.com (Ámsterdam) en dic 2023
Entrevista
It took 2-3 weeks between the initial call and the live-coding interview.
On the Live Coding, there were 2 engineers on the call. They were nice and appreciated my effort, even if the solution was no the best one.
Preguntas de entrevista [1]
Pregunta 1
You're given an array of city pairs and a start city. You need to find a valid itinerary:
cities = [
['Milan', 'Mexico'],
['Mexico', 'Dubai'],
['Berlin', 'Milan'],
['Barcelona', 'Berlin'],
]
Having the start: "Barcelona"
Here it would be: [ Barcelona, Berlin, Milan, Mexico, Dubai ]