Travel joy.
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Skyscanner Overview
Edinburgh, Scotland (UK)
1001 to 5000 employees
2003
Unknown
Travel Agencies
Unknown / Non-Applicable
Skyscanner is a leading global travel search company, providing free search of flights, hotels and car hire around the world. Founded in 2003, we're available in over 30 languages and help over 60 million people each month to find their travel options. Our ... Read more
Mission: Skyscanner is a global travel meta search engine enjoying phenomenal growth right now. Behind our brand is a culture of continual innovation and right now we’re doing great things to drive transformation in online travel search. We’re proud to employ the best ... Read more
Company Updates
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Seven talented people. Four short weeks. One killer idea. The story of Skyscanner’s first ever Maker Studio continues now, over on our Growth blog #MoveFastAndMakeThings
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Skyscanner graduates work on the same challenging problems and projects as their teammates and deliver work that makes an impact with travellers – from day one. Recently we held a huge global celebration to mark the graduation of our Class of 2017. Congratulations to all our grads – we can’t wait to see what you’re going to do next! ��������
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Skyscanner – Why Work For Us?
Travel joy.
It's what we're all about.
We all live in a perpetual state of wanderlust, with difference and distance coming together to create a tonic for the soul.
At Skyscanner, we put travellers at the heart of everything we do and we’re obsessed with turning their travel dreams into reality. And we’re only 1% done!
Highly curious. Highly motivated. Highly skilled. We bring great minds together to make the hard stuff easy for travellers. Are you one them?
Grow with us
We each need to be nothing short of our very best. That’s why we’re big on personal development, having regular feedback conversations with you and offering a wide selection of learning opportunities through Skyscanner University to help you grow as we do.
We won’t put you in a box, either. Want to try something new, broaden your skillset or explore a different discipline? That’s a conversation we’re excited to have with you.
From 0 to 60 million users. Where next?
Skyscanner launched in 2003, when Gareth’s personal skiing obsession collided with a deep frustration (trying to find the best flights to the French alps). He drafted his idea for the company on the back of a beermat while in the pub with two friends – that’s how all great things start, right?
Fast-forward 15 years and more than 60 million people use Skyscanner each month to plan and book their travel. So how did we go from beermat to billion-pound travel brand?
Skyscanner is a leading global travel search site, a place where people are inspired to plan and book direct from millions of travel options at the best prices.
We are unbiased and free, which means that the 60 million people who use us every month can trust our comprehensive range of flight, hotel and car hire options.
Our secret is in our unique proprietary technology that connects people directly to everything the travel industry has to offer. We also power travel search for over 1200 partners through our Skyscanner for Business products.
We’re a high-growth business with a simple aim: to inspire travellers around the world and make travel search as easy as possible through our world-class technology.
Our highly-rated free mobile app has been downloaded over 70 million times. We're global but local and our products are available in over 30 languages and 70 currencies.
Founded in 2003, we employ over 900 staff, with offices in Barcelona, Beijing, Budapest, Edinburgh, Glasgow, London, Miami, Shenzhen, Singapore and Sofia. Skyscanner is part of the Ctrip group.
Skyscanner is always free for travellers and we never charge travellers commission. We work with our airline and online travel agent partners in a number of ways: some partners agree to give Skyscanner a commission for every booking made through us or for every time travellers visit a partner’s website. Other partners advertise on the Skyscanner website and app. We always make sure any adverts are labelled or separate from any search results so users know exactly what’s what.
Our people. Their passion.
We are proud of what we do and the way we go about it, so it’s really important that we look after and nurture our company culture.
At Skyscanner, we put the traveller first. If it doesn’t work for them, it doesn’t work for us. Share the same passion to create the very best experiences and, in return, we give you challenge, autonomy, development and reward.
We also know how important it is to strike a healthy balance so you can be at your best, own your role and make work, well, work for all of us.
We’re passionate about the cities we call home. Each one of our offices say a lot about us and where we want to go.
Build without limits
Skyscanner is big enough to offer scale, small enough for you to make impact. Here, if you build it, you run it, and right now we’re creating the next-generation of apps, products, systems and services to connect travellers across the globe. Our engineering teams work together and cross functionally, constantly iterating to deliver an unmatched traveller experience. Want to find out more? Come and talk to us.
Skyscanner Reviews
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Bryan Dove
26 Ratings
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"A Truly Exceptional Company"
StarStarStarStarStar- Work/Life Balance
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- Senior Management
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at Skyscanner full-time (More than a year)
Pros
Skyscanner is a company with humble beginnings founded by the most humble and down to earth CEO you will ever meet. The company's transparency and trust in the hired staff is what truly makes it a special place to be in. Great benefits, fantastic people to work with and I always found room for growth. I learned a ton every day and I see a bright future ahead for the company.
Cons
There could often be too many meetings and being in the smaller offices, one could feel pressured to attend although it wasn't relevant. There could also be difficulty with communication between the different offices around the world.
Advice to Management
Continue to be transparent and open to trusting staff to get the work done. Gareth, keep being awesome!
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Skyscanner Interviews
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- No OfferNegative ExperienceAverage InterviewSkyscanner 2015-10-22 21:29 PDT
Application
I applied online. The process took 4+ weeks. I interviewed at Skyscanner (San Francisco, CA) in August 2015.
Interview
I applied online. A HR person reached me by phone few days after for a quick conversation. After 1 week I made an interview with a manager. It was requested me to develop a small project for the company, which made me uncomfortable as I fell like working for the company before being hired (in my past interviews, most of companies asked me to present projects previously I managed). After presenting for a director via Skype, he asked me few questions and most of the project`s critics were based on demands not clear in the briefing. After 1 week the HR person sent me a short email informing I was not approved. I never got a message back when I requested for a more in depth feedback as I invested my time and put my expertise in the project presented.
Interview Questions
- Share me a situation where your improvements saved money for the company. Answer Question
Skyscanner Awards & Accolades
- Deloitte Technology Fast 50, Deloitte, 2013
- Travel Brand of the Year, Travolution Awards, 2013
- Best Use of Search Engine Marketing, Travolution Awards, 2013
- The Sunday Times Hisco Tech Track 100, The Sunday Times (UK), 2013
- Travel Brand of the Year, Travel Marketing Awards, 2013
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