I interviewed with Booking recently. My takeaway was not particularly negative, but that may be because I'm from the US. They were fairly up front about their

I interviewed with Booking recently. My takeaway was not particularly negative, but that may be because I'm from the US. They were fairly up front about their business-first mentality, and otherwise did make a convincing case for having interesting & challenging work available at all ends of the stack. Downsides obviously being that pay is low relative to SF, and housing in Amsterdam is not particularly cheap. The city is also not for everyone, more so than most places. However, from a tech POV I don't think I would have been bored. Can't speak to the office culture, but I didn't get any scary vibes.