Machine Learning Engineer Interview Experience - France
Process
Good experience.
The interview process was clearly explained at the start, except for the live coding interview. This is a normal thing for ML Engineering positions, as each company has its own approach for those interviews.
Overall, there were no issues with any of the interviews. However, one interview involved a non-fluent English speaker, which made understanding him a non-trivial challenge.
They were also very flexible in terms of scheduling the different interviews.
The constructive feedback at the end was a great addition, as most companies do not provide that nowadays.
Overall, I am really satisfied.
Questions
A medium LeetCode question for the live coding interview.
An ML system design problem, as expected.
The behavioral one was according to the profile.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the Booking.com Machine Learning Engineer role in France.
Success Rate
Booking.com's interview process for their Machine Learning Engineer roles in France is incredibly easy as the vast majority of engineers get an offer after going through it.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Booking.com's Machine Learning Engineer interview process in France.
Booking.com Work Experiences
- 3.0A classic corporate environment with good work-life balanceMachine Learning Engineer • Current EmployeeAmsterdam, North Holland, NetherlandsOctober 17, 2024Pros: - Strong work-life balance - Skilled engineering teams - Building a quality productCons: - Overemphasis on tech transition, adding unnecessary processes. - Complex, unfinished, and non-maintained useless layering on top of standard tools. - Reinventing tools and platforms instead of using established solutions.
- 1.0Worst work experience I have ever hadMachine Learning Engineer • Former EmployeeAmsterdam, NetherlandsSeptember 16, 2022Pros: - Compensation across the Netherlands - Good officeCons: - Be prepared to be hired in one role (e.g., Machine Learning Engineer) but perform tasks related to other roles (Perl and Java backend development). - Management may not be able to align with tasks, so you might spend time doing useless work. - Legacy technology stack. - Huge bureaucracy load on employees, including many completely useless meetings. - The personal opinion of a single manager could lead to your dismissal from the company. - Although they always talk about employee protection, nobody (including top management) actually cares about what is going on when your manager personally dislikes you.
- 2.0Good Pay, No InnovationMachine Learning Engineer • Current EmployeeAmsterdam, NetherlandsSeptember 11, 2024Pros: - Good salary and benefits - A lot of resources available - Big company - EventsCons: - Buy instead of invent approach - Mindset shift towards saving every penny - Little to no innovative work - Unclear and almost impossible promotion process
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