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Updated Nov 27, 2022
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Anonymous Interview Candidate
I interviewed at Skanska
Interview process took about 2 months. Started of with CV and cover letter review, then telephone interview followed by assessment centre which included a final interview and group task. The task was a problem solving exercise with no real right answer. Was informed that the goal was to show the ability to communicate as part of a team.
- What do you think you can achieve working at Skanska?

Anonymous Interview Candidate
I applied online. I interviewed at Skanska in Mar 2022
Interview with 2 members of the design team mostly competency based with questions about sustainability and career goals in short and long term Group exercise based on cost and time management
- What are your long term career goals?
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Anonymous Employee in Houston, TX
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Skanska (Houston, TX)
A test and two different interviews with my would be boss what else do you want me to write here 30 whole words jeesh y’all are reaching twenty seven twenty eight twenty nine thirty?
- They asked me to do an indesign test

Anonymous Interview Candidate in Doncaster, England
I applied online. I interviewed at Skanska (Doncaster, England) in Nov 2021
Asked back twice. No competent electrical guys there to interview. First interview over 2 hours. No communication after the interview had to call myself after about a month of waiting to finally be told I was unsuccessful. Waste of time
- How would you approach a motor that wasn’t working

Anonymous Interview Candidate in London, England
I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Skanska (London, England) in Oct 2021
The interview process was standard, not difficult. The overall process was however extremely timely - over a 2 month period e.g. 6 weeks between interviews. I initially applied for the position of BDD (UK) in August and was invited to a first interview in September, which I received the Teams call details only a day before the interview. Before the second interview I was asked to complete psychometric and maths tests. Also before the second interview stage I was clear with the internal recruiter about my salary expectations and that those details needed to be shared with hiring managers - this was not done. I was told about about a 3rd interview by the hiring manager and follow-up about being invited to this or not and was told I will be given an update soon. I was then completely ghosted and not formally informed of the interview outcome - I find this extremely unacceptable given the time as a candidate I have invested in preparing for interviews etc. If I am not the right candidate I would hope to be informed!
- Standard competence and behavioural based questions.

Anonymous Employee
I interviewed at Skanska
Very great and simple and straightforward. The interviewer was very polite and me feel comfortable during the interview. There was no pressure during the interview whatsoever. The interview was also very quick and i was also told right then and there if I received the internship.
- How did you know you were interested in construction

Anonymous Interview Candidate in London, England
I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Skanska (London, England) in Mar 2021
Had to the same tbh but it seems to me and it is not a secretary of my life I'm just at my best and I'm just... This interview didn't happen. I just had to write something with predicted text so yeah... I'll just keep typing until I have got 30 words...

Anonymous Interview Candidate
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Skanska in Mar 2021
Process is straightforward and transparent. I had to postpone my virtual interview and recruiters were absolutely fine with that. Virtual interview was maintained in a very nice, professional atmosphere. I would definitely say try to get an interview there. It takes around an hour but recruiters make you feel very comfortable. Skanska seems to have a lot of new opportunities coming along which does not surprise me at all.
- Competency Based Interview. Collaboration, negotiation, prioritisation skills.

Anonymous Employee
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Skanska
Straight forward summary of career so far, skills relevant to the role and competency based questions. Then there was another interview with more senior members to see if they considered it to be a good fit for the company.
- What problems did you encounter during your last project and how did you overcome these?

Anonymous Interview Candidate
I applied online. I interviewed at Skanska in Feb 2021
Got an email for a telephone interview, interview lasted about 30 minutes and was mainly about competency based questions. Interviewer was very nice and didn't make the process feel too official.
- Give an example of your experience based on one of the values of Skanska
Skanska Interviews FAQs
Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Skanska as 62.0% positive with a difficulty rating score of 2.71 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Preconstruction Engineer and Intern rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Intern - Hourly and Project Engineer roles were rated as the easiest.
The hiring process at Skanska takes an average of 32 days when considering 49 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Development Associate had the quickest hiring process (on average 14 days), whereas Intern - Hourly roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 45 days).
Common stages of the interview process at Skanska according to 49 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone Interview: 21.24%
One on One Interview: 16.81%
Skills Test: 13.27%
Group Panel Interview: 12.39%
Presentation: 9.73%
Drug Test: 8.85%
Background Check: 6.19%
IQ Intelligence Test: 4.42%
Other: 3.54%
Personality Test: 3.54%
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