I applied in-person. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Booking.com (Amsterdam) in Sep 2018
Interview
The process has three steps:
First is a phone call from HR to understand if there is a basic match.
Then, an online interview with case-study I had to prepare. The final step is to be interviewed at the HQ in Amsterdam. In Amsterdam, you will see HR, and two sessions of product & Data science teams. (If the position have something with AI)
Generally, it was very professional procedures with constantly excellent feedbacks from HR.
The position was an "AI data owner" so I asked about AI and data science in general ( I talked about my experience, that was more than enough. they didn't ask me about statistics and stuff like that ).
The hardest part for me was the product management side: I had to give examples about methodologies I used in the past, challenges I had and how I prioritized features. Somehow, I failed to find good examples.
( I put more much more effort to prepare to the DS domain that to the product. it was a terrible mastake)
Sadly, I didn't get the job. :-(
Anyway, Booking looks like a great company!
Good luck to you product owner!
Roy.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Example for how do I prioritize features and what methodologies I used.
Applied through the website and got a revert from the hr in 2 days.
1st screening by the technology recruiter was scheduled after 5 days, on a Tuesday.
Got the call from hr 20 mins after the decided time. The questions were regarding the products I've handled, metrics, prioritisation, few examples where I performed ab tests and why I want to join Booking. Hr also discussed about the timelines of process, and the different rounds that'll happen.
It was a pretty decent interview and I answered all the points well. The hr told that she'll be back latest by Friday regarding the next steps.
I sent a mail on Friday evening about the next steps, as I wanted to utilise the weekend for the preparation for the next round. Got an auto-reply mail after an hour that they wouldn't continue with the process.
No reasons stated for not continuing and no response provided as well.
I'm still not sure what was the reason behind not continuing with the candidature.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
products handled, metrics, prioritisation, why booking, example of ab tests performed.
C'était compliqué au début car ils m'ont changé la date du premier call 3 fois, des fois le même jour de l'entretien mais après c'était assez vite le processus. 3 calls