Software Engineer Interview Experience - Amsterdam, Netherlands
June 4, 2024
Positive ExperienceNo Offer
Process
It took 1 month from application to the initial contact with HR and the technical round. The technical round included a LeetCode-style algorithm question followed by a system design question. The system design question was about the high-level design of a reservation system with users and admins. Overall, it was a good experience.
Questions
Tree graph style question from LeetCode.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 44 interview experiences for the Booking.com Software Engineer role in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Success Rate
20%
Pass Rate
Booking.com's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in Amsterdam, Netherlands is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.
Experience Rating
Positive48%
Neutral23%
Negative30%
Candidates reported having good feelings for Booking.com's Software Engineer interview process in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Booking.com Work Experiences
2.0
A swamp - you will drown
Software Engineer • Former Employee
Amsterdam, Netherlands
October 28, 2023
Pros: Amazing work-life balance. You can practically avoid work for months; nobody cares anyway.
Decent benefits for Amsterdam.
Cons: The product – backed up by a 25-year-old Perl monolith nobody understands.
Change? You won't be able to either.
Career perspectives – the only way is to go into management; you will not grow technically here.
Culture – as they cannot deliver results, they like to talk about them. Be prepared for an endless flow of meetings showing off nothing and talking about plans that will never be completed.
High churn – people were either working for 10+ years (too comfortable to leave already) or less than 2 (still tied to a contract).
4.0
Great Balance, Legacy Code
Software Engineer • Current Employee
January 4, 2025
Pros: Good culture. Great work-life balance. High level of independence.
Cons: Legacy codebase. Top-heavy organization.
4.0
Okay, Beeds Work, But Confusing
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Amsterdam, Netherlands
January 17, 2025
Pros: It's okay with you on the way to do it for me to the US with the beads. Kya hai, ye toh.
Cons: Okay, I will be in the same-day delivery now. With the beads, what is this? This is not it.
- 2.0A swamp - you will drownSoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeAmsterdam, NetherlandsOctober 28, 2023Pros: Amazing work-life balance. You can practically avoid work for months; nobody cares anyway. Decent benefits for Amsterdam.Cons: The product – backed up by a 25-year-old Perl monolith nobody understands. Change? You won't be able to either. Career perspectives – the only way is to go into management; you will not grow technically here. Culture – as they cannot deliver results, they like to talk about them. Be prepared for an endless flow of meetings showing off nothing and talking about plans that will never be completed. High churn – people were either working for 10+ years (too comfortable to leave already) or less than 2 (still tied to a contract).
- 4.0Great Balance, Legacy CodeSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeJanuary 4, 2025Pros: Good culture. Great work-life balance. High level of independence.Cons: Legacy codebase. Top-heavy organization.
- 4.0Okay, Beeds Work, But ConfusingSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeAmsterdam, NetherlandsJanuary 17, 2025Pros: It's okay with you on the way to do it for me to the US with the beads. Kya hai, ye toh.Cons: Okay, I will be in the same-day delivery now. With the beads, what is this? This is not it.
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