I applied through university. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at United Airlines in Feb 2020
Interview
I went through a pretty standard on-campus recruiting. They came to our career fair, you apply online, then you get called to a 30 minute on-campus interview, and then a 2nd round interview on-site.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
United has noticed that there are fluctuations in ticket sales throughout the year. What might be causing those fluctuations and how would you respond to them?
United flies 10 round trips on a certain route. A regional airline has recently come in to the same route and offers 2 round trips on the same route at 60% below United's ticket price. How would you respond?
I applied online. I interviewed at United Airlines in Aug 2025
Interview
The interview process was very smooth and spanned around 1.5 months as I applied off campus through cold mailing.
I had three rounds - one technical , one offshore manager which was from US and on senior manager from India only
They asked questions around SQL, case studies and guestimates
I applied online. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at United Airlines (Gurgaon, Haryana) in May 2025
Interview
Applied via: Online application through the United Airlines careers portal
Interview difficulty: ★★★☆☆ (Moderate)
Overall experience: Positive
1. Application & Initial Contact
After submitting my application online, I received an email from a recruiter about two weeks later. The first step was a phone screening with HR. This round focused on:
My background and interest in United Airlines
A quick overview of my technical skills (SQL, Excel, Python, data visualization)
Availability and salary expectations
The recruiter also gave a high-level overview of the interview process.
2. Technical Round
The next step was a technical interview over Microsoft Teams. This was heavily SQL-focused, with questions on: WINDOW FUNCTIONS, WRITING EFFICIENT AND OPTIMISED QUERIES.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
"Tell me about yourself"
"Why United Airlines?"
"Rate your SQL proficiency on a scale of 1-10?"
"Write a query to find the 8th largest salary?"
"Write a query to remove duplicates?"
"How many rows would this join operation return given we have these two tables?"
It Includes 3-4 rounds, first one is mostly technical, then later on its more about problem solving, business use case and analytics and last with a stakeholder, that's just a sharing understanding of role and repsonsiblities