Software Developer Interview Experience - Amsterdam, Netherlands
July 1, 2015
Positive ExperienceGot Offer
Process
About a week after I sent my resume and cover letter, there was a phone screen that lasted about 20 minutes.
I was interviewed by phone the next day for about an hour. This interview included a programming exercise in any language of my choice.
After about a week, they called again, saying they wanted me to visit their office in Amsterdam for another interview.
They paid for the entire trip from my country, Brazil, to Amsterdam, including flights and hotel.
The interview presented a few hard questions, but it was mostly fun. All the interviewers were very friendly.
A couple of days after my return to Brazil, they called me with the offer.
Questions
Find how many moves it takes from point A in a maze to point B.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 30 interview experiences for the Booking.com Software Developer role in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Success Rate
17%
Pass Rate
Booking.com's interview process for their Software Developer roles in Amsterdam, Netherlands is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.
Experience Rating
Positive67%
Neutral17%
Negative17%
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Booking.com's Software Developer interview process in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Booking.com Work Experiences
4.0
Everything is good
Software Developer • Current Employee
Amsterdam, Netherlands
August 26, 2022
Pros: The food and the team are great.
Cons: Sometimes feel not that challenging.
1.0
Your team is what will define your experience at the company
Software Developer • Current Employee
Amsterdam, Netherlands
April 17, 2020
Pros: Salary, office, Amsterdam, and a lot of smart and friendly people from all over the world.
Cons: It all depends on your team. Some teams are really nice, but most teams work on super boring and uninteresting stuff with horribly low-quality code. Some teams are super toxic, and this is allowed by bad, inexperienced, and unethical management.
Everything related to ethics and code of conduct is only for marketing. We have to spend hours watching mandatory compliance training. However, I was a victim of harassment, defamation, and then retaliation when reported (the author was friends with our manager), and HR and compliance sided with the manager, removing conversations from our communication tool that I pointed to as proof of defamation. It took three months to finish their "investigation," and in the end, they did nothing. The bully and the manager got promoted less than a year following my report.
Performance evaluation, be it a good score or a bad score, promotions, and sanctions are mostly about politics. It is a place where it is not safe to speak your mind, as you are risking retaliation.
Your compensation depends on your performance score. The process is really bad with no clear expectations; it is all vague and subjective. At the end of the day, it is just a forced ranking in disguise, where 70%++ of people will get an average score and cannot be promoted for at least one year without any concrete reasons given; that is just the default score.
5.0
Great all around
Software Developer • Current Employee
Amsterdam, Netherlands
May 17, 2021
Pros: Good people.
Good tech.
Good salary.
Cons: Sometimes inexperienced management.
Lots of turnover.
- 4.0Everything is goodSoftware Developer • Current EmployeeAmsterdam, NetherlandsAugust 26, 2022Pros: The food and the team are great.Cons: Sometimes feel not that challenging.
- 1.0Your team is what will define your experience at the companySoftware Developer • Current EmployeeAmsterdam, NetherlandsApril 17, 2020Pros: Salary, office, Amsterdam, and a lot of smart and friendly people from all over the world.Cons: It all depends on your team. Some teams are really nice, but most teams work on super boring and uninteresting stuff with horribly low-quality code. Some teams are super toxic, and this is allowed by bad, inexperienced, and unethical management. Everything related to ethics and code of conduct is only for marketing. We have to spend hours watching mandatory compliance training. However, I was a victim of harassment, defamation, and then retaliation when reported (the author was friends with our manager), and HR and compliance sided with the manager, removing conversations from our communication tool that I pointed to as proof of defamation. It took three months to finish their "investigation," and in the end, they did nothing. The bully and the manager got promoted less than a year following my report. Performance evaluation, be it a good score or a bad score, promotions, and sanctions are mostly about politics. It is a place where it is not safe to speak your mind, as you are risking retaliation. Your compensation depends on your performance score. The process is really bad with no clear expectations; it is all vague and subjective. At the end of the day, it is just a forced ranking in disguise, where 70%++ of people will get an average score and cannot be promoted for at least one year without any concrete reasons given; that is just the default score.
- 5.0Great all aroundSoftware Developer • Current EmployeeAmsterdam, NetherlandsMay 17, 2021Pros: Good people. Good tech. Good salary.Cons: Sometimes inexperienced management. Lots of turnover.
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