Senior Software Engineer Interview Experience - Ireland
Process
Pretty standard on paper, but in reality, ridiculously hard. I interviewed twice for this company and never made it to the onsite stage. I did, however, complete multiple onsite interviews for AWS, Meta, Microsoft, and Palantir.
I'm not bitter, but I do wonder who they manage to hire if they are pickier than more attractive companies.
Also, I guess this is bad luck, but the interviewer I had had very poor communication skills. They had a poor mic and a total lack of empathy or coaching, which made my interview even more painful.
Questions
This was an NP-complete problem. For the first time, I failed. For the second time, I think the problem was not complex, but so poorly explained by the interviewer that after 50 minutes, I was still unsure about the problem I was asked to solve.
The interviewer was sarcastic instead of trying to help me perform. It was a horrendous experience.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the Booking.com Senior Software Engineer role in Ireland.
Success Rate
Booking.com's interview process for their Senior Software Engineer roles in Ireland is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very negative feelings for Booking.com's Senior Software Engineer interview process in Ireland.
Booking.com Work Experiences
- 1.0The Ninja StorySenior Software Engineer • Former EmployeeBarcelona, SpainFebruary 17, 2016Pros: Food, juices, nice toilets, nice office, some nice people. I can't think of anything else nice to put here, just filling in for the 20 word minimum requirement.Cons: Hotel Ninjas was acquired by B.com, and after 7 months the company was shut down, mainly because they bought Buuteeq, a US company, that had a similar product. It has a lot to do with politics also. The Hotel Ninjas team was the best team of people I have ever worked with; they could have built any product with very high standards. But B.com, instead of reusing the team, fired them, only to hire some of them back afterwards. B.com sells itself as a startup spirit company, but in practice, it is not. It is a massive company that is only driven by profits and bullying. From a technical point of view, the technology is not appealing. The core of the system is written in Perl and MySQL for persistence. The codebase is massive, and the only way they can keep it going is by hiring gurus from the Perl and MySQL communities. I was not impressed by what I saw and by how we were treated.
- 4.0Super Good Work, No IssuesSenior Software Engineer • Former EmployeeAmsterdam, NetherlandsJune 5, 2024Pros: Bueno, bueno, muy muy bien.Cons: No cons that I think.
- 2.0Work at Booking.comSenior Software Engineer • Current EmployeeJanuary 19, 2025Pros: It was an interesting beginning.Cons: It goes to more bureaucratic now.
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