I survived months of interviews — multiple rounds, countless calls, senior leadership involved at every stage, only to be left completely hanging. No decision. No feedback. Nothing. Just silence from people who couldn’t be bothered to close the loop on a process they initiated. That alone should terrify anyone considering engaging with this company.
But here’s the bigger picture: Expedia is a dying brand and this experience showed me exactly why. Google Flights gutted their core business. Airbnb owns the accommodation conversation. Gen Z doesn’t even know what Expedia is. The product is stale, the leadership is asleep, and the internal dysfunction I witnessed firsthand tells you everything about why they keep losing ground.
This isn’t a company in transition. It’s a company in denial.
And as a technical product professional, the signal is clear — there is no compelling roadmap here, no urgency, no edge. Just bureaucracy dressed up as process.
I won’t work here. I won’t book here. This experience made both decisions easy.
Advice to Management:
You’re not just losing candidates. You’re losing customers one bad experience at a time. Wake up or keep watching the brand flatline.