Two interviewers from the technical team called me the day after the initial screening with HR. Just like others, they talked about the team for 2-3 minutes. After that, they quickly started with technical questions about Javascript and front-end in general.
Questions were fairly easy and reasonable. They won't give you an indication of how you're doing, they won't provide any feedback on your answers, which is brutal, but I assume HR instructs them to do it that way.
My answers to A/B questions were apparently not sufficient. I was asked about metrics, monitoring, strategies, etc., from a commercial point of view, which is not really my area as a software engineer.
Good enough.
All in all, during the phone call, I didn't get the feeling it was a strong engineering team. I could be wrong, but it felt more about words than technology.
Just check their front-end code on the website… oh well..
The feedback I received from the interview was that I did very well and that the team was impressed with the technical questions and the website review, but they found my commercial awareness not at the level expected for that role.
A negative experience for me because I felt the company clearly doesn't want to invest in people with skills.
Javascript Closures
The following metrics were computed from 3 interview experiences for the Booking.com Front-end Developer role in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Booking.com's interview process for their Front-end Ontwikkelaar roles in Amsterdam, Netherlands is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Booking.com's Front-end Developer interview process in Amsterdam, Netherlands.