I was interviewed for Expedia Partner Solutions (EPS) for their London office in early December 2021. The entire process was done remotely.

I applied online and received a call from their recruiter after three months. After the initial discussion, the interview process was as follows:

• Call with Engineering Manager: It was a friendly chat. The manager provided better insight into the team and discussed my background. Some technical questions related to functional programming were also asked, given my experience with Scala.

• System Design: I was asked to design a hotel booking system. This part went well, and we discussed the possibilities of coding basic blocks, deployment, and scaling.

• Coding Interview: Three common LeetCode-style questions were asked, increasing in difficulty. This included a knapsack problem.

• Cultural Fit Interview: I was not fond of this interview but answered their questions. They presented a written list of questions and began reading them. I had expected a more friendly conversation. After a brief introduction about their process, they asked:

  • What was one mistake you have made?
  • What was something you did differently?

My experience meeting the engineering team was excellent. They are passionate about the product they are building. However, I was disappointed by the recruitment team.

To this day, I haven't received any feedback about the interviews. I sent several follow-up emails with no luck in getting a response. I invested my valuable time in their interviews and believe I deserve feedback, even if it's negative.

1. Standard Leetcode-style questions

2. System design: Hotel booking system