I was approached on LinkedIn/e-mail by a recruiter and scheduled a phone call. We discussed the position and my profile briefly. The recruiter then helped to get an interview scheduled with the hiring team from Booking.com.

The interview itself started well. I was on a call with two other engineers, where I was supposed to solve a coding challenge while sharing my screen.

Unfortunately, the big downside for me is that I was told I was not allowed to search on the internet (e.g., Google) or look up any documentation while working on the exercise. However, I was told I could ask questions at any time.

The engineers were not really "happy" to answer my questions during the call, though.

I had to follow up with the recruiter to ask for more feedback after receiving their e-mail rejecting me. I was told that I had asked too many questions to the engineers during the interview.

All in all, I had a very good impression of their hiring process in the beginning, but I was disappointed with how the interview was conducted.

What have you been working on lately?