J'ai postulé en ligne. Le processus a pris 3 jours. J'ai passé un entretien chez Booking.com en nov. 2013
Entretien
I applied for the position via their online system and in about 3-4 (business) days I received an email from HR in order to schedule an interview via the phone. The HR e-mail explained the interviewing process pointing out 3 steps:
1. Recruitment interview with a recruiter
2. Technical phone interview with 2 members from the IT Department
3. An in-person interview -- after which they would have contacted me with a decision in 1 week.
First step went well in my opinion, with no real hard question just basic stuff (where did you hear about us, why do you want to work for us, what is your experience with HTML/CSS/Javascript etc.) -- we scheduled the next interview at the end for the following week.
Second step was easy but a bit confusing for me, because although I was expecting the majority of the questions some of them were not focused on the UX Designer position.
It took about 45 minutes.
We talked about my portfolio, but I got the feeling it was not enough or what they were expecting (I couldn't show them unpublished, and more recent work due to NDA). Also asked me the process which I use when designing a website for a client.
We then talked about my suggestions for improving booking.com and although (the HR person mentioned this will be a question and I prepared for it) I had some ideas prepared I got the feeling it didn't get through to them (they didn't let me finish). Plus my observations were accompanied by ideas on why that particular aspect is problematic and how to fix it -- which was difficult to do over the phone.
We proceeded to talk about A/B testing and my experience with it which was occasional, because I like to do usability testing, from which I get more data. At this particular question I wasn't sure of what means of measuring conversion rate their were referring to (it depends on how you plan the test).
Also asked me about examples of (good/bad) design patterns on website I knew (the office I was in had no internet connection and I had to do it from memory).
Last part of the test was OK in my opinion they asked me HTML and CSS questions which I had experience with and the questions were not difficult at all:
What is a Doctype and what it is usage ? What happens when you don't write it?
What tags would you use for the navigation?
What do you use for font-size?
Give examples of CSS position rules?
What happens with CSS position absolute and relative? -- this is something you would know if you worked with them.
The last question was about browser compatibility, and they ask me why don't I support earlier versions of IE. My reasoning was simple: because the data shows me that IE9 and later are mostly used in my country and there is no need for support.
At the end they asked if I had any questions and I thought of 2 questions on the spot, after which I asked when can I expect an answer -- they mentioned that in 2-3 business days.
After the interview I knew that the answer will be negative but I wanted to see their feedback, which was non-exiting during the interview.
After 4-5 business days I got an e-mail via their online system which basically said: "we are looking for someone with stronger commercial awareness" which threw me off because in their job post they clearly state: "You’ve got experience OR are enthusiastic to work in a large e-commerce environment " (emphasis is on the OR).
Overall good/neutral experience, but I believe they asked the wrong questions in regards to UX position (I was expecting more design pattern questions, more analytical question regarding the "User Experience" and less focus on the e-commerce).
Questions d'entretien [2]
Question 1
Means of measuring conversion rate when working with A/B Testing.
J'ai postulé en ligne. Le processus a pris 2 mois. J'ai passé un entretien chez Booking.com en oct. 2021
Entretien
First round: recruiters
Second round: hiring manager and team leads
Third round: portfolio with senior designers
Many data-related questions, and almost no design-related questions. Many quantitative research questions and no qualitative questions. Their expectations of the role seem very different from what they describe in the job posting. The role seems more like a Business Analyst than a designer position. The role was already closed before the interview.
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
What metrics do you use to measure your design?
How do you prove your design is the best design? (using data)
What quantitative research methods you've used?
J'ai postulé en ligne. Le processus a pris 2 jours. J'ai passé un entretien chez Booking.com
Entretien
I was a straight coding and front-end development position. It has nothing to do with UX, most exercises and tasks involves talking about code infrastructure and doing menial HTML/CSS stuff.
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
Everything was front-end development based, not UX or Visual Design.
J'ai postulé en ligne. Le processus a pris 2 semaines. J'ai passé un entretien chez Booking.com en janv. 2018
Entretien
I applied online in January 2018. For Amsterdam
1) Someone from RRHH send an email: asking to complete an online test to assess general coding skills (CSS and HTML). The test is in HackerRank. When I enter I have an image of a banner from booking page. Something really easy. I recommend you take a look in the structures of the banners in Booking page.
2) I had a call with someone from RRHH (no video):
- He told me that in booking in general you are coding between 40% and 60% of the time.
- Do you have experiences validation your designs?
- Imagine that you are working for booking, and you made 2 improvements for the site but you can only applied one. How you will prioritized it?
3) I had an interview with 2 designers (no video). The interview is divided in 3 parts:
-One : They asked me about my job experiences. How is the most proud job that I made. My roll in that job. Why I'm proud. How I manage feedback with the clients. How was the work process. They want examples. So be prepared with examples for all.
- Second: They show me an image with a grey rectangle that has inside 3 squares. They asked to make the code to do the same.
-Last: I should have prepared 3 improvement to make in the site. I attached the images with the changes and documentation like gestalt and other info about UX. They asked to me select One of my improvements, said why? How would you define the success of the new implementation? What metric would you use? If the metrics shows an increment in the clicks but it any changes in the conversion: do you think that the change is successfully or not? why? If increment the clicks, the conversions and the cancellations do you think that the change is successfully or not? why?
- At the end you should asked something. Have prepared 1 or 2 questions.
Questions d'entretien [5]
Question 1
If the metrics shows an increment in the clicks but not in the conversion: do you think that the change is successfully or not? why?