Booking.Com Business Analyst Interview Guide

The most surprising part of my Booking.com Business Analyst interview was that the round I was told would be a 30-minute behavioral/business case ended up being a full hour-long conversation with two future stakeholders. I had spent time preparing for a case, but the discussion was really about how I would start in the role, what challenges I’d expect, and how I’d prioritize different tasks. It felt more like a working session than a formal interview, and the key question was essentially how I’d decide what to tackle first when everything seems important.

My process started with an initial HR conversation, and then I had three more interviews with business analysts. Those later rounds were described as professional and focused on my experience, the position itself, and some exercises. One question I remember being asked was whether the budget for translation services should be higher or lower, but there wasn’t any real data provided to support a conclusion, so it felt intentionally open-ended and a little unstructured. That was also my impression of the overall process: the people were polite, but the interviews themselves didn’t always feel very organized or well prepared. I had applied several times before, including once through a referral, and this time finally got through to the interview stage, but I still didn’t get an offer. My main takeaway is to confirm the format directly with HR rather than relying on a label like “behavioral” or “case,” and to be ready for broad stakeholder-style conversations where you talk through judgment and prioritization more than polished slides or a textbook case.