Booking.com

Pretty standard on paper, but in reality, ridiculously hard. I interviewed twice for this company and never made it to the onsite stage. I did, however, complete multiple onsite interviews for AWS, Meta, Microsoft, and Palantir. I'm not bitter, but

HackerRank, LeetCode, and other code challenge platforms rank tasks oriented towards people who may not know much but can solve code challenges. So, if you sit and prepare yourself for the challenges, you are in.

I applied in May 2024 and passed all the steps, including recruiter screening, coding, system design, and the hiring manager interview. After that, the recruiter went ghost for about 2 months. After several follow-up emails and reaching out to anoth