Good work environment, bad technology and practices
Good work environment, bad technology and practices
Free breakfast, free fruit, Perkbox, and other bonuses like discounts on travel through Booking.com, and a good salary.
It's a good place to work if you're new to development and are looking for a company to invest in you while you grow.
Everyone is pleasant, and it's a very inclusive work environment.
Currently moving from an old and difficult platform (Java & jQuery) to a micro-service instead (JS & React).
It took literally over a month to get set up with the Java platform, as absolutely no one knew how to set up a new machine. I was hired as a front-end JS/React developer and placed straight into a team that works on the Java platform.
Now there's talk that the new platform (JS/React) is slower than the old Java platform. If the engineers can't fix it in the coming weeks, the project will be pulled, effectively wasting the last couple of years' work on it.
A better onboarding plan, other than seminars about the company and growth. Taking over a month to get set up is unacceptable. Also, if you hire someone to work on JS front end, place them in JS front end.
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3 LeetCode questions on HackerRank Initial interview with recruiter Live coding interview with two engineers Architecture design interview with two engineers If everything goes well, you will finally receive an offer.
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Online assessment with four questions on HackerRank. I was contacted by HR and then followed an online screening, where I was given an assessment to finish in a few days. The HR later emailed that the score was not enough to proceed to the next rou
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Firstly, two interviews with a recruiter and then a hiring manager. Neither seemed 'failable'; it was just to get to know one another. Thereafter, there was a 90-minute technical interview with two developers from the Booking team.
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NetherlandsJuly 4, 20253 LeetCode questions on HackerRank Initial interview with recruiter Live coding interview with two engineers Architecture design interview with two engineers If everything goes well, you will finally receive an offer.
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IndiaApril 28, 2025Online assessment with four questions on HackerRank. I was contacted by HR and then followed an online screening, where I was given an assessment to finish in a few days. The HR later emailed that the score was not enough to proceed to the next rou
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Amsterdam, NetherlandsMarch 1, 2025Firstly, two interviews with a recruiter and then a hiring manager. Neither seemed 'failable'; it was just to get to know one another. Thereafter, there was a 90-minute technical interview with two developers from the Booking team.
