KAYAK Software Engineer interview experience

A take-home coding project came first, sometimes framed around something like robot-style logic or recursive printing/counting, and I had about a week to finish. After that, I moved into interviews with the hiring manager and team members where I was questioned on OOP basics, Java 8 features, and how I’d approach problems.

The technical rounds felt like a chain of short evaluations: one segment focused on Java concepts and collections work like HashSet, equals/hashCode, and generics, and there was also a code-oriented component where I had to explain solutions more than just run code. Some