Run away from this ancient tech company
Run away from this ancient tech company
Nice people, pleasant atmosphere, nice office, good lunch, great work-life balance, good salary (compared to most other Dutch companies).
For back-end developers, Booking.com has absolutely nothing to offer. The quality of code is just horrific, and building on top of a house of cards is the norm.
OO? Tests? TDD? DDD? Any design at all? Forget about it.
2000-line Perl functions with 1000-line if-else statements are perfectly normal and not even frowned upon, even by principal engineers. Perl is still the language you will work in (despite what they say in interviews), and Perl is simply unfit for building quality back-end systems.
There are a few teams doing cool stuff, but you have to wait 8-20 (!) months before you can pick a team you like.
Run away from this company if you want to learn anything useful as a back-end developer. You'll be a worse programmer when you come out compared to when you came in. Do join, though, if you want to go back 15 years in time.
Stop relocating talented back-end developers and wasting their intelligence. It's just morally wrong.
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It was bad, as the system design interview board wasn't functioning properly. For that reason, it was not convenient at all. So, make sure to point out that in the beginning if you don't feel the platform they are using is working properly.
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The process itself was very easy. First, I had two interviews with the HR lady, who was very kind and attentive. Then I went to a third interview with some technical guys. Since the very beginning, they were kind of rude; they didn't let me talk at a
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Applied through their careers page and received a phone call explaining the process and logistics. * Online Coding Round * Telephonic paired coding * Onsite: 3 rounds including Data Structure, Design Round, and Cultural Fit Round. Feedback on
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SwedenFebruary 15, 2023It was bad, as the system design interview board wasn't functioning properly. For that reason, it was not convenient at all. So, make sure to point out that in the beginning if you don't feel the platform they are using is working properly.
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Rio de Janeiro, BrazilJune 1, 2014The process itself was very easy. First, I had two interviews with the HR lady, who was very kind and attentive. Then I went to a third interview with some technical guys. Since the very beginning, they were kind of rude; they didn't let me talk at a
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IndiaJune 1, 2017Applied through their careers page and received a phone call explaining the process and logistics. * Online Coding Round * Telephonic paired coding * Onsite: 3 rounds including Data Structure, Design Round, and Cultural Fit Round. Feedback on
