Associate Analyst applicants have rated the interview process at United Airlines with 3.1 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 90% positive. To compare, the company-average is 74% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Associate Analyst roles take an average of 19 days to get hired, when considering 10 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at United Airlines overall takes an average of 26 days.
Common stages of the interview process at United Airlines as a Associate Analyst according to 10 Glassdoor interviews include:
Skills test: 19%
One on one interview: 14%
Group panel interview: 14%
IQ intelligence test: 14%
Presentation: 14%
Phone interview: 14%
Drug test: 10%
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A couple of background interviews by a recruiter and finance associate to start. After this, the rounds consisted of behavioral, case-based, and fit-related questions. An excel briefing is the last step.
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