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Software Engineer Interview Experience - Germany

July 1, 2019
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Process

I was contacted by HR through LinkedIn. As a first step, we set up an informative call in which I gained more information about BookingGo and had the opportunity to present myself. Then, I was invited to complete a HackerRank task.

The HackerRank task comprised several technical questions, one SQL exercise, and two problems. One of these problems was related to API calls, data structures, and algorithms. The second problem was optional and definitively more complicated to solve.

After the HackerRank step, I was invited to two conference call interviews of one hour each. The first interview focused on methodologies, behavior, and past experiences. The second interview focused on technical skills, coding questions, and network and system design.

Finally, I had the opportunity to talk with another Senior Software Engineer on my possible future team about technologies, frameworks, and past experiences.

The interview process was fantastic and well-conducted by HR. I was always informed in time about the status of the interview and the results. The final offer, considering technologies, salary, and benefits, was good, but unfortunately, I had to decline for personal reasons.

Questions

Describe some patterns and explain why they are important.

Have you ever worked in Scrum and Agile methodologies?

What is the difference between a class and an interface in Java?

What is the garbage collector?

What is dependency injection?

What is a singleton?

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 3 interview experiences for the Booking.com Software Engineer role in Germany.

Success Rate

33%
Pass Rate

Booking.com's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in Germany is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive67%
Neutral0%
Negative33%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Booking.com's Software Engineer interview process in Germany.

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