Booking.com Language Specialist interview questions

I applied on line and got a test invitation two days later asking me to pick a day on the calendar. I did choose one of the suggested block that was two days later. However, I did not receive any reconfirmation “until the day of the scheduled test” and could not reach back since the recruiter had not left any contact information except her E-mail address. After consult with a career adviser about this issue, I was suggested to call the company since it was an urgent problem. Because I did not want to make an international call, I left a message on their FB page. I got the issued referred to the HR department and then got an Email from the recruiter that should have contacted me earlier. Sent: Wednesday, _____, 2016 12:14 PM (The day of the scheduled test, which was scheduled at 10:00) Subject: RE: Please Check Back with Me in Regard to the Scheduled Language Test Hi _______, I sent you email for the test for today at 10am. Did you get that? Cheers If not, do you think we can have a talk at 330 today? I replied that I had not received any E-mail concerning the schedule (I even use the “search function to sift through my inbox) and finally nailed down a test scheduled for the next day. The 90-minute, computer-based test is not that hard, which includes several parts involving translating, proofreading and analytical tasks. You would need to translate/ localized the content from English into Traditional Chinese. I would suggest that you look at their website in both English and your own language so to get familiar with their translating style. It is not allowed to use Booking.com website during the test, but online translation tools or an online dictionary are allowed. They would not give you specific feedback on the test result beyond a pass/fail notification. Even they stress that they have a thorough review process, but you would not know what you can best improve your translation. With due respect, I doubt they have objective assessment and might just use the “existing style” as a benchmark against your translation. This may explain why they cannot even produce a report on the test. I am not a hater but just cannot help feeling this way because I found some grammatical errors (use of multiple verbs consecutively) in the correspondences from their representatives (recruiter), let alone some part of the localization of their web pages are not really tailored to the cultural and market preferences. For example, they use “Qian Tai” instead of “Gui Tai” when referring to the front desk (more commonly used in the Traditional Chinese that is spoken in Taiwan). Give credit where credit is due, both their staff and working space are friendly enough to lure talents, but I am afraid there may be some issues with their management and recruit system.