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Software Engineer Interview Experience - United Kingdom

January 1, 2025
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Process

I was approached by a recruiter for a Software Engineer (SWE) role. The whole process took about 1.5 months.

There were three stages to the process:

  • Technical Interview: This was a standard LeetCode-style interview. I heard back the next day, confirming I had passed.
  • System Design & Behavioural: These were two separate interviews conducted on the same day.

I received the offer approximately three weeks after my system design and behavioural interviews, after being informed I had passed.

I did not like how the system design interview was conducted. It had a very rigid structure that made it unnecessarily difficult.

Questions

Medium difficulty LeetCode problems, standard system design questions, and standard behavioral questions.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 16 interview experiences for the Booking.com Software Engineer role in United Kingdom.

Success Rate

38%
Pass Rate

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

Experience Rating

Positive44%
Neutral31%
Negative25%

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

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