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Software developer Interview Experience - Amsterdam, Netherlands

January 1, 2014
Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Applied online. Received a call from a recruiter. She scheduled a phone interview in which I was approved. After that, I was called to Amsterdam for more rounds. There I had 1 technical and 1 HR round. After 5 days, I was told that I did not qualify.

Questions

Telephone Round (2 people)

Algo:

  • Write code for binary search:
    • recursive
    • iterative
    • using tail-end recursion (to enable compiler optimization)

He then asked when it could go wrong, pointing to the integer limit.

Onsite Round 1 (2 people, only for Android):

  • Simple introduction from both sides & they asked about my reason for changing.
  • "We have a screen that shows thousands of hotels based on search information. What problems/challenges do you see?"

Onsite Round 2 (2 People, only on general & programming concepts):

  • Simple introduction from both sides.
  • Do you know anything about A/B testing?
  • How will you judge that if a new experiment done on our website was successful? For e.g. Let's say we start...

Final Round (HR):

In this round, HR explains the relocation package and company culture, etc.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 13 interview experiences for the Booking.com Software developer role in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Success Rate

15%
Pass Rate

Booking.com's interview process for their Software-ontwikkelaar roles in Amsterdam, Netherlands is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

Positive62%
Neutral23%
Negative15%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Booking.com's Software developer interview process in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

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