iOS Developer Interview Experience - Manchester, United Kingdom
Process
Initial phone call with mobile team leads, quite technical but overall not too challenging. Then a face-to-face interview, a pairing task with two senior engineers, followed by a set of competency questions about day-to-day working and architecting apps.
I would have liked to have been told there are non-negotiable pay bands for developers. Ultimately, the offer I received was less than I am on in my current role.
BookingGo seemed like a good fit for both sides, but ultimately, this inflexibility led to me declining the offer and wasting my own and the company's time.
Questions
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the Booking.com iOS Developer role in Manchester, United Kingdom.
Success Rate
Booking.com's interview process for their iOS Developer roles in Manchester, the United Kingdom is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having mixed feelings for Booking.com's iOS Developer interview process in Manchester, United Kingdom.
Booking.com Work Experiences
- 1.0High Salary, Big Name, But Fake Culture and ValuesiOS Developer • Former EmployeeAmsterdam, NetherlandsDecember 17, 2016Pros: - Highest salary in the Netherlands. - Work with highly skilled engineers.Cons: My impression was that they don't tolerate people who are different. I know a lot of people say that it's a supportive environment, but in my case, it wasn't. They advertise that the company is against favoritism, but in practice, two people who committed the same kinds of mistakes are treated in vastly different ways, depending on whether they are liked or not. Gossiping and being mean is the norm. In general, I felt miserable while working there.
- 4.0Pretty good work/life balanceiOS Developer • Current EmployeeShanghai, Shanghai, ChinaJuly 22, 2018Pros: Being a remote office of a Europe-based company, the culture here values work-life balance a lot.Cons: Shanghai's a remote office, so there are certain limitations.
- 1.0Not worth it. Very stressful and outdated technologiesiOS Developer • Former EmployeeAmsterdam, North Holland, NetherlandsJuly 7, 2018Pros: Fine lunches. A big and nice office.Cons: Very outdated technologies. The principal and senior developers don't use Swift. All is done with 10-year-old technologies. The manager and principal intimidate all the time. Very political. I worked on an important system, and senior devs just stopped development because they didn't want competition. I found another job and now sleep well. Be careful, because you will be working on very old and outdated technologies with updates. Some seniors don't develop at all; they control other developers and play political games, such as implementing different policies and holding tons of meetings.
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