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We are successful, growing and hiring for our high-performing team. Join us in our mission to make it easier for everyone to experience the world.

Why Us

Our renowned culture fosters an environment of collaboration, transparency, and success. We are committed to providing a great working environment, the resources our employees need to succeed, challenging & rewarding assignments and opportunities for continual learning. Ours is an environment of curiosity and teamwork.

Our Values

EXPERIENCES OF EVERY KIND, FOR EVERYONE.

We believe that by making it easier for everyone to experience the world, we are doing our part to make humanity better.

ABSOLUTE INTEGRITY. We will always strive to do the right thing and achieve success with integrity and accountability.
RELENTLESS INNOVATION. We should never feel satisfied with the status quo, and every day should begin with the question – how are we going to innovate today?
DIVERSITY GIVES US STRENGTH. We are absolutely committed to diverse ideas, people and experiences.

THE SUM IS GREATER THAN OUR PARTS.

Our strength lies in our people, and success is contingent upon our ability to work as one team to succeed in our mission to make it easier for everyone to experience the world.

Accolades

Booking Holdings and its portfolio of brands are consistently recognized by industry leaders for innovation, growth, and leadership. In 2019 alone, we were honored to receive the following awards: Fortune Future 50, Forbes World’s Best Employer, Forbes Digital 100, Forbes Best Employers for Diversity, Forbes Best Employers for New Grads.

Forbes World's Best Employers

Fortune World's Most Admired Companies

Forbes Most Innovative Companies

Fortune Future 50

Forbes Best Employers for Women

Forbes Best Employers for Diversity

Forbes Best Employers for New Grads

Forbes Digital 100

Mary Meeker Top 20 Internet Leader

Locations & Benefits

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How We Hire

At Booking Holdings Center of Excellence, we go beyond first glimpses and truly get to know our candidates. Experience and skill matters, but we want to know what makes you shine, and why you think #BKNG is the perfect match for you. To help put your thoughts into action, we’ve gathered some pointers that will help you get a foot in the door.

Application

Our career site is designed to support our candidates to find the best suitable opportunity we have available at any given time. You can browse our website or use our job matching functionality by uploading your CV to find he best available career opportunity.

When using our job matching functionality, after submitting your CV, you will get job results that best match your profile ranked in the order of match strength. Feel free to refer to the results and see if there are some roles of your interest beyond the referred jobs.

We believe in your skills and expertise and don’t require a motivation letter as a part of the initial application process. Our skilled team of recruiters will review your application and will discuss your motivation with you later on in the process.
Pre Employment Screening

Pre Employment Screening (PES)

If your application is successful, your personal data may be used for a pre-employment screening check by a third party as permitted by applicable law. Depending on the vacancy and applicable law, a pre-employment screening may include verification of skill proficiency, criminal history, financial history and other information that may be necessary for determining your qualifications and suitability for the open position at Booking Holdings India Private Limited. You will be informed thoroughly about the entire screening process and will be requested for your consent beforehand separately.

Interview with the recruiter

This call is really about you. We want to learn more about your experience, expectations and what makes you, you. This is the perfect opportunity for you to share your motivation and what drives you, as well as get to know us and see if Booking Holdings Center of Excellence is the right fit for you.

In this first meeting, we will be keen to give you an insight into all the amazing things we are working on at Booking Holdings Center of Excellence and why it is such a great place to work. You will learn more about our company, departments and the team you will be joining. Any insights and research you do upfront will not only help you get the right answers for your questions, but also help drive the conversation and show us your genuine interest and motivation.

Business Interviews/Assessment

This stage is all about us getting to know each other. We know, choosing your next adventure is no small task. At this stage you will have several rounds of interviews. This depends on the department and seniority of the role. That might span from assessing your technical expertise to discussing other crucial skills for the job. Your recruiter will provide you with more information on what to expect for the specific role during your call with them.

This is the time where you will meet your future manager, teammates, and colleagues. We want to make sure you have enough opportunities to ask questions and get a good sense of what working at Booking Holdings Center of Excellence truly means. We see this as a two way dialogue, so make sure you have some questions ready for our teams!

Feedback

Your recruiter will collect feedback from your interviewers and be in touch with you as soon as possible to discuss the outcome. In general, you should hear back from your recruiter within a week from your interview.

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Hear from our team

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One of the core values of Booking Holdings and its brands is to deliver experiences of every kind, for everyone, making it easier for everyone to experience the world. It’s impressive to see that this value runs not only across customer-facing teams, but also on all other mission-critical functions such as security and fraud. It’s a culture of experimenting, collaborating, helping-out and not being afraid to get it wrong and do it again better. From a workplace perspective, managers factor in common sense when they take decisions and have a true sense of care-taking for their teams.
Tiberiu Anghel
Senior Manager, Global Security & Fraud
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The dots do not magically connect themselves, my role is to make that happen. I am thrilled to work in a successful company with potential of further growth, as this leads to many interesting initiatives and projects to be involved in. And while implementing them, being part of a team of enthusiastic and highly skilled professionals makes each day fun, challenging and rewarding.
Crina Baluta
Program Manager, Change Management and Operations
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For the first time in my life, I feel like I am in the right place at the right time. The culture of the company and all the wonderful and hardworking individuals that I’ve met here are exactly what I’ve been looking for!
Marius Cristian Comanceanu
L1/2 CSIRT Lead

Frequently Asked Questions

Some of these FAQs would answer the broad level of questions, hence go through them before applying or appearing for an interview. Feel free to ask further questions you have with the recruiters, they would be happy to answer any open queries you may have.

Our recruitment process can take anywhere from 3-6 weeks, but of course this depends on the complexity of interviews that are required for each role. For example, some of our technical roles have technical tests and coding interviews that can mean the process is slightly longer than others.

We encourage you to apply for roles that closely match your skills, knowledge and experience. In order to find a job that matches your skills, knowledge and experience, you can use our job matching functionality by uploading your CV on our website. Our job matching functionality will indicate roles that are a fit for you, even though you might not have considered some of them yourself. If you do not see open roles that are a match please consider to join our Talent Network  so our recruiters and sourcers can contact you directly when additional opportunities arise.

While our business and the wider travel industry have been heavily impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic, as access to effective vaccinations increases around the world and restrictions to movement are relaxed, travel is beginning to recover in many parts of the world. As we look to the future, we see a lot of anticipation and excitement for people to return to travel, whether it’s domestically or abroad and our mission remains to make it easier for everyone to do just that. While we acknowledge that the pandemic isn’t over and there are still areas and virus variants of concern, we are committed to helping the industry rebuild in a more mindful and inclusive way, to support our partners to continue growing together with us and to help all of our customers book the trips and experiences that are just right for them. To that end, we have tons of great opportunities for people to join our expanding team and help us deliver on that mission.

Due to the ongoing impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, the majority of our interviews are being conducted via Zoom video conferencing. As government advice in each country begins to allow for offices to reopen, face-to-face interviews may return however this will be at the discretion of each candidate.

The first stage after application is a phone call with our Recruiters – this will cover an overview of your career history, your knowledge, skills and experience as well as your interest in the role you’ve applied to. While there is not anything specific you can prepare, it is a great idea to have your CV to hand as well as a copy of the job posting you applied to. You can even have some examples of the knowledge, skills and experience you have gained in your career so far.

As we move into a more hybrid way of working, with our employees dividing their time between home and the workplace, we believe that our offices will continue to serve as an important place for colleagues to come together, innovate and collaborate face-to-face on a regular basis. We know from research with our employees that they still value and need time together in the office to connect and collaborate. As such, our aim is to create a flexible concept that we can continue to adapt to meet the evolving needs of our workforce.

We recommend you to discuss any questions you have about relocation in your initial conversation with the recruiter, as this is being handled on a case-by-case basis and may vary by the role you are applying for.

At Booking Holdings Center of  Excellence , we believe in the power of curiosity, experimentation and continuous learning – so much so, it’s one of our core values, ‘Learn Forever’. Because we recognise that developing the skills of our People is critical to achieving our strategic goals. We also see learning as a shared responsibility that happens anywhere, anytime, in the flow of work – led by the individual, with support from us. So whether it’s self-driven learning (with access to providers including LinkedIn Learning, Udemy and Blinkist), following a learning program designed for you and your role, or simply learning from colleagues around the world, you’ll find endless opportunities to develop at Booking Holdings Center of  Excellence.

We tend to work in smaller, agile teams. Most of our teams have 6-12 members, but may vary based on a department. For example, in our development teams, you will also collaborate with other functional teams including Product Owners, Designers and Testers.

Yes. Upon receiving an offer, and dependent on both the role and location, your data may be shared with a third party to conduct a Pre-employment Screening process as permitted by applicable law. This is done for the protection of Booking Holdings Center of Excellence employees, customers, company assets and the brand.


Depending on the role and applicable law, a pre-employment screening may include verification of employment history, education and other information (such as media information) that may be necessary for determining your qualifications and suitability for the open position at Booking Holdings Center of Excellence, such as education and employment verification. You will be informed thoroughly about the entire screening process beforehand separately.

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