How Expedia Interviews in 2026: Process, Sample Questions & What They Score

Covers your background, interest in Expedia, and what the role expects. The recruiter also sets up the later interviews and tells you who you will meet. The 15-30 minute figure comes from TechPrep. A 2025 US SDE II report also describes a standard recruiter phone screen. The campus and off-campus drive reports from GeeksforGeeks start at the online test and describe no separate recruiter screen.

Expedia's guide lists a cultural assessment that compares your work style with the Expedia Group Behaviors, but it does not say what format it takes. Expedia's early-careers page says suitable applicants are invited to an immersive online strength-based assessment and a skills-based assessment. Prep sites (TechPrep, Graduates First) call it the Cappfinity strengths test and describe an automated situational judgment test that acts as an early filter; Expedia's own pages never name Cappfinity. One intern reported 20-25 situational questions where every option looked right and advised answering in line with the company's values. The 45-60 minute figure comes from TechPrep and one Graduates First article; the FAQ in that same article says most versions are untimed.

Official early-careers page confirms a strength-based assessment; TechPrep lists it for the general SDE loop. The SDE II reports (US 2025, Gurgaon) do not mention it, so it is not confirmed for experienced hires. Length is contested (45-60 minutes vs untimed). The official guide numbers the skills assessment before the cultural assessment, while TechPrep and the intern report put the strengths or situational test before the coding test.

Usually 2 to 4 easy-to-medium coding problems. Some versions add multiple-choice questions on OOP, databases, operating systems or output tracing. Reported time limits: 75 minutes (Interview Kickstart), 60-90 minutes (TechPrep), 90 minutes (several GeeksforGeeks reports) and 2 hours (one Dec 2020 report). Expedia's guide says some roles get a technical assessment as part of the skills assessment, and its early-careers page lists a skills-based assessment. An Expedia graduate-program blog says candidates generally have an online assessment such as HackerRank or HireVue.

TechPrep describes a live 60-minute screen: a resume or project deep dive, one coding problem, and Big-O questions. A 2025 US SDE II report instead had a 30-minute hiring manager call at this point. Algo.monster says there can be one or two phone screens. A 2018 Gurgaon SDE II report describes two Skype rounds with two coding questions each. The campus and off-campus drive reports go from the online test straight to technical interviews.

Usually 1 or 2 coding rounds on a shared editor or HireVue. Expect arrays, strings, linked lists, trees and heaps, with interviewers asking for working code and optimal time and space. Algo.monster puts onsite rounds at about 45 minutes, and reports cite 45-minute (HireVue) and 1-hour (Dec 2020) rounds. One Gurgaon SDE II report (Dec 2022) had two DSA rounds, then system design and hiring manager rounds.

Round count conflicts: TechPrep and algo.monster say 3 to 4 final interviews, while Expedia's early-careers page says final-round candidates have two virtual interviews (specialized and behavioral skills) and intern reports describe 2 to 3 interviews.

Length depends on level and team. TechPrep says SDE I and new-grad candidates often get object-oriented or low-level design rather than full distributed-systems design. A Gurgaon SDE II report had a system design round, and an intern reported an OOP design discussion such as a travel application. Prompts lean toward the travel domain: booking, pricing and availability, payments, lodging search. TechPrep says some 2026 candidates also got a scenario-based incident investigation round.

The official guide says behavioral interview questions are rooted in prior experiences and modeled on STAR. It ties only the cultural assessment, not the behavioral questions, to the Behaviors, but Expedia's technology careers page says interviewers ask competency and strength-based questions based on the five Behaviors. Hiring manager rounds also dig into a current or past project and the technical choices behind it. One intern report (HireVue) gives 45 minutes. Others give no length, so treat it as varying by team. Campus loops may run this as an HR or managerial round with CS fundamentals mixed in.

The official guide says your recruiting partner keeps you posted after the interviews and that the timeline varies because positions and teams differ. Expedia's early-careers page says your recruiter reaches out with the hiring decision. Interview Kickstart says you usually hear back in about a week. Candidate reports cite a call about a week later and a rejection email two days later. Reported totals: 3-4 weeks (Interview Kickstart, a 2025 US report), three weeks (a 2018 Gurgaon report), 4-6 weeks (a company-wide FAQ on Graduates First, not specific to early careers) and 4-8 weeks (TechPrep).