Technology applicants have rated the interview process at Skyscanner with 3.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 56.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Technology roles take an average of 29 days to get hired, when considering 3 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Skyscanner overall takes an average of 35 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Skyscanner as a Technology according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 20%
One on one interview: 20%
Skills test: 20%
Presentation: 13%
Personality test: 13%
Group panel interview: 13%
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Morning group exercise, followed by a technical interview and a competency-based interview. The group exercise had a presentation component. The technical interview involved working through a given problem and explaining your thought processes.
I applied online. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Skyscanner (Edinburgh, Scotland) in Jan 2017
Interview
1. HackerRank online test; two coding exercises (7 days to complete, 150 mins for the actual coding)
2. Competency interview through Skype (30 min)
3. Assessment centre; group exercise (2-3h, design a rating system), another competency interview (30min, general questions), and a technical interview (1h, design an internal car hire statistics app)
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Design a rating system for the flights on Skyscanner website.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Skyscanner (Edinburgh, Scotland) in Oct 2016
Interview
After applying I was sent a link to a Hackerrank test within a couple days and asked to complete the test within a week. The test was fairly simple, based on different algorithms which you can practice with the Hackerrank courses.
After a couple days I was emailed to say I'd received a Skype interview. The interview was arranged for the next day so I didn't have much notice. The interview was a simple competency based interview, and the interviewer was very patient and understanding through the process.
Almost immediately afterwards I was invited to a recruiting day, again this was with very short notice. The day was split into a group exercise in the morning, which involved designing a new product for Skyscanner, and interviews in the afternoon. There were two interviews: a cultural interview - assessing your work ethic and such - and a technical interview - assessing how you tackled a challenge that was posed by the engineers. This was the last stage of the process.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Design a micro-blogging service for Skyscanner that allows users to review and comment on travel items.