Process
I applied through college and got an on-campus interview. It was probably the easiest interview of my life. I think they just wanted to make sure I wasn't lying on my resume. The interviewer said I passed that part, then it took them a month to proceed with the process. At that point, they gave me 24 hours to complete an online coding challenge.
They responded a few weeks later saying, "We will not be moving forward." No positive or negative feedback was provided, despite me asking for it.
Overall, TripAdvisor seems like a pretty needy/beggy company. They are always putting "tripadvisor.com/careers" everywhere and advertising across the city to apply.
Questions
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 168 interview experiences for the Tripadvisor Software Engineer role in United States.
Success Rate
13%
Pass Rate
Tripadvisor's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in the United States is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Positive44%
Neutral39%
Negative17%
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Tripadvisor's Software Engineer interview process in United States.
Tripadvisor Work Experiences
2.0
Times are tough
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
March 28, 2025
Pros: relaxed environment
professional and helpful colleagues
Cons: Financial results are going downhill.
Very, very old tech.
Layoffs recently.
Mood is down.
2.0
'Speed wins' does not guarantee you success in the long term
Software Engineer • Former Employee
Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
November 14, 2019
Pros: - Good benefits.
- There was one time when the company was well known for traveling. But now, any hotel/restaurant I talked to, all over Europe or anywhere in the world, everybody hates the company.
Cons: Since the company started booking on their website without any advertisement or marketing, it has gone down really low. They started charging for everything on hotels and restaurants, which they were not charging for before. As a result, people started hating the company and moved to different booking sites.
* Very high expectations for each employee. The reason is above. You will be given four days' work to finish in two days without consideration for any meetings, reporting, or monitoring tasks. So, you end up working during nights and weekends. And there is no appreciation for it, as it is expected from you.
* No work-life balance. You work Dublin hours but might also need to end up working US hours too. The engineering team in Dublin reduced from 35 to 8-10 in number. Now you can imagine why.
* Poor management in Dublin and especially in the US. The management from the US puts blame on you for even small things in front of the whole team in a meeting, and your manager from Dublin will remain quiet and not even represent you.
* No appreciation of hard work. No matter how hard you work, they say, "This is expected from you."
* Every Friday, a manager has a meeting to talk about your weekly performance, which is like torture no matter how hard you work. It ruins your weekend. Though you end up working on the weekend to mitigate that.
* There is just one person in the name of Human Resource management, who will only listen to you and ignore. No action is taken, no matter how much you try to explain. The end reason people leave.
* Last but not least, speed does not always win if you want to run your business for the long term.
4.0
Great People, Slow Industry
Software Engineer • Current Employee
August 9, 2021
Pros: The people working at Tripadvisor are wonderful. I really appreciate everyone's energy, especially in the transition to WFH during the pandemic.
Cons: Travel is not a great industry to be in right now, and even with travel coming back, it is still gaining speed slowly.
- 2.0Times are toughSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeBucharest, Bucharest, RomaniaMarch 28, 2025Pros: relaxed environment professional and helpful colleaguesCons: Financial results are going downhill. Very, very old tech. Layoffs recently. Mood is down.
- 2.0'Speed wins' does not guarantee you success in the long termSoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeDublin, Leinster, IrelandNovember 14, 2019Pros: - Good benefits. - There was one time when the company was well known for traveling. But now, any hotel/restaurant I talked to, all over Europe or anywhere in the world, everybody hates the company.Cons: Since the company started booking on their website without any advertisement or marketing, it has gone down really low. They started charging for everything on hotels and restaurants, which they were not charging for before. As a result, people started hating the company and moved to different booking sites. * Very high expectations for each employee. The reason is above. You will be given four days' work to finish in two days without consideration for any meetings, reporting, or monitoring tasks. So, you end up working during nights and weekends. And there is no appreciation for it, as it is expected from you. * No work-life balance. You work Dublin hours but might also need to end up working US hours too. The engineering team in Dublin reduced from 35 to 8-10 in number. Now you can imagine why. * Poor management in Dublin and especially in the US. The management from the US puts blame on you for even small things in front of the whole team in a meeting, and your manager from Dublin will remain quiet and not even represent you. * No appreciation of hard work. No matter how hard you work, they say, "This is expected from you." * Every Friday, a manager has a meeting to talk about your weekly performance, which is like torture no matter how hard you work. It ruins your weekend. Though you end up working on the weekend to mitigate that. * There is just one person in the name of Human Resource management, who will only listen to you and ignore. No action is taken, no matter how much you try to explain. The end reason people leave. * Last but not least, speed does not always win if you want to run your business for the long term.
- 4.0Great People, Slow IndustrySoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeAugust 9, 2021Pros: The people working at Tripadvisor are wonderful. I really appreciate everyone's energy, especially in the transition to WFH during the pandemic.Cons: Travel is not a great industry to be in right now, and even with travel coming back, it is still gaining speed slowly.
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