Site Reliability Engineer Interview Experience - Netherlands
December 1, 2023
Negative ExperienceNo Offer
Process
- 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.
Questions
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Live Coding: Easy problem related to recursion. Calculate time and space complexity.
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System Design: Design a part of Booking’s internal system.
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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.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 8 interview experiences for the Booking.com Site Reliability Engineer role in Netherlands.
Success Rate
0%
Pass Rate
Booking.com's interview process for their Site Reliability Engineer roles in Netherlands is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Positive25%
Neutral13%
Negative63%
Candidates reported having very negative feelings for Booking.com's Site Reliability Engineer interview process in Netherlands.
Booking.com Work Experiences
5.0
A great place to work, but with some flaws
Site Reliability Engineer • Current Employee
Amsterdam, Netherlands
October 16, 2025
Pros: Amazing to work at such a large-scale company.
So many talented people you can work with and learn from.
Above-average market salary.
Cons: The company perks are not as good as you'd expect from a name such as Booking.com.
Teams mostly work in silos, so it's extremely difficult to get things done when multiple teams are required to do something.
Your work rarely has a big impact; we are small cogs in a huge machine.
5.0
Great people, slow bureaucracy
Site Reliability Engineer • Current Employee
Amsterdam, Netherlands
July 6, 2025
Pros: Great people, challenging tasks, fast learnings, and a beautiful office nearby to Amsterdam Central Station.
Cons: Slow bureaucracy, no growth, frequent understaffed teams.
5.0
Great place to be
Site Reliability Engineer • Current Employee
Amsterdam, Netherlands
June 28, 2024
Pros: Growth options are good.
Team is great.
Amsterdam is a great city to live in.
Hybrid work.
Cons: * Some technologies used are quite legacy.
* Forces you to live in the Netherlands, which is expensive.
- 5.0A great place to work, but with some flawsSite Reliability Engineer • Current EmployeeAmsterdam, NetherlandsOctober 16, 2025Pros: Amazing to work at such a large-scale company. So many talented people you can work with and learn from. Above-average market salary.Cons: The company perks are not as good as you'd expect from a name such as Booking.com. Teams mostly work in silos, so it's extremely difficult to get things done when multiple teams are required to do something. Your work rarely has a big impact; we are small cogs in a huge machine.
- 5.0Great people, slow bureaucracySite Reliability Engineer • Current EmployeeAmsterdam, NetherlandsJuly 6, 2025Pros: Great people, challenging tasks, fast learnings, and a beautiful office nearby to Amsterdam Central Station.Cons: Slow bureaucracy, no growth, frequent understaffed teams.
- 5.0Great place to beSite Reliability Engineer • Current EmployeeAmsterdam, NetherlandsJune 28, 2024Pros: Growth options are good. Team is great. Amsterdam is a great city to live in. Hybrid work.Cons: * Some technologies used are quite legacy. * Forces you to live in the Netherlands, which is expensive.
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