Language Specialist applicants have rated the interview process at Booking.com with 2.9 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 47% positive. To compare, the company-average is 58.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Language Specialist roles take an average of 26 days to get hired, when considering 39 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Booking.com overall takes an average of 25 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Booking.com as a Language Specialist according to 39 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 29%
Presentation: 20%
Skills test: 18%
One on one interview: 11%
Group panel interview: 8%
IQ intelligence test: 6%
Background check: 3%
Other: 3%
Drug test: 1%
Personality test: 1%
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I applied online. I interviewed at Booking.com in Apr 2017
Interview
I made an application on the official website. After that I had to fill in my personal details and upload a CV. Then I took a personality quiz, there were about 100 questions. Afterwards, I took a language test, which was about half an hour. There were 4 blocks and they all had to deal with localization. I had to correct some mistakes in translations, provide my variants, feedback and so on. The manager contacted me a week later and said that this position had already been filled.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Questions concerning my personal characteristics and a language test.
I've applied via their website and did two rounds of interviews. The first one was with someone from the HR and then the second one with a stakeholder.
The first one, HR was late 15 minutes and started the meeting telling me the vacancy was not available anymore - they decided not to hire someone. But them they suggested I applied to a senior position... and I agreed.
They schedule the call in the middle of my vacations, and I connected from my phone. Had an okay interaction with the stakeholder for 1h or more, simple questions, nothing complex.
I understood this was a behaviour interview, as the person was not from my field.
They wrote me a couple of days later saying they wouldn't follow with my process, although I was a cultural fit - they wanted someone with "more experience in complex projects" with sounded absurd at that point, when they didn't evaluate it.
This plus the sloppiness of the whole process let me quite disappointed.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How do you leverage the difference between language A and language B?
During the appllication process, you need to take a translation test. If you pass, after the recruiter screening, there are two interviews: one with the team and the other with the hiring manager.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Booking.com in Oct 2022
Interview
Informal interview, professional but friendly atmosphere. Communication was smooth, invitation via email, prompt responses, flexibility in setting the interview date. The process included a test and three rounds of interviews.