Senior Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Skyscanner with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 33% positive. To compare, the company-average is 39.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Senior Software Engineer roles take an average of 34 days to get hired, when considering 6 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Skyscanner overall takes an average of 37 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Skyscanner as a Senior Software Engineer according to 6 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 38%
One on one interview: 31%
Presentation: 19%
Group panel interview: 13%
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I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Skyscanner in Nov 2019
Interview
Call with recruiter for a general introduction
Programming assignment two hour timed test with ability to prepare framework beforehand
Technical background call, one on one with an engineer to discuss previous experience
Two system design calls, one on one with two different engineers to design two systems
Culture fit call, call about personality and how I reacted in different situations
Depth of expertise - Interviewer asks you to take them through your recent project and dives deep into few sections. Questions were majorly around Scale, Performance monitoring and things to improve.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me 2 things you wish to change if given a opportunity to re-design.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Skyscanner (Edinburgh, Scotland) in Apr 2025
Interview
Very pleasant interview process. It is a 3 step process, the first part speaking about a project you've worked on. Then followed by 2 back to back interviews: a system design interview and a culture fit.
You don't interview with anyone with the team throughout the whole process. But I believe they give you the chance to speak to the manager of the team if they make an offer.
There was no programming exercise which I found refreshing and nice.
Nice and easy interview process. 1 screening round, system design and behavioural round. System design round went well. I came to know behavioural had lower scoring but then turned out positive.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Design a system for scrapping data from various data sources