I was contacted by a recruiter via Linkedin to ask me if I am interested in relocating to Amsterdam in The Netherlands then Booking.com for a rewarding career challenge. I accepted and we had quite fast a screening during a pleasant phone call. He was quite satisfied about my experience and knowledge so he proposed me to first candidate for Senior Product Owner and if I cannot make it then we can go for Product Owner. He scheduled me for a phone call with two Product Owners and the discussion took place quite soon. The call was a nightmare, bad sound and not the best English. I did not really understand a third of the questions due to these aspects. Also, they asked questions somehow in a random manner, scenarios that they had in their minds but they were not really able to make them clear enough so that you can engage with them. Although I thought my performance was just Ok (not great) I was invited in Amsterdam for a final round of interviews. Here there were 4 meetings: a recruiter, two Product Owners, two Senior Product Owners and with an on-boarding responsible that walked me in the entire building. - recruiter meeting was nice, the ordinary discussion about my background. - the meeting with the Product Owners was very similar with the one on the phone (except sound and English): discussed a scenario I had as homework but tons of (more or less random) questions - data analysis related. I would say (comparing with other PO interview) they evaluate skill rather superficial. Plus, they were poker face and unfriendly. In 2 words: bad experience. - the meeting with the Senior POs was better, pretty good questions, more clear scenarios, good flow. Still they really have this tendency to ask very specific questions. - the office tour was nice but I would say it's a bit inappropriate given the fact that you don't know yet if you will join or not. Btw, depending on what you want for your career, I tell you booking.com looks like a software factory. :) The final answer came later than committed, I would say they acted unprofessional. They committed to answer in 2 business days tops, no sign from then until I sent a follow-up after one week, move the final answer again 2 days, did not call at the communicated hour but 20 mins later. A major minus for a major brand like booking. Final answer: no. Why? 2 reasons: - some communication issues (nothing to comment here, I made some mistakes indeed) - my level as data analyst. This last reason was a total shock for me (having 15 years in business and data analysis and working with huge data of all kind and of all approaches + always getting 5 stars evaluation in reviews or interviews)! I wanted to note this experience as a (in general) a positive one but, like they say, the last impression matters a lot. And the POs interviews + the (extra superficial) conclusion about data analysis really impacted a lot in the overall experience. P.S. No real issue about not getting an offer, I was rather pessimist. But the data analysis reason was a confirmation for me that the POs interviews are more about luck rather than CV, experience, background, knowledge. If they think in those 20-30 minutes you know stuff, that's it. Not one second spent to really take a solid decision for the company.