I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Skyscanner in Jan 2020
Interview
60 min technical interview and 60 min cultural interview. I have felt the company went quite far with the training "How to do an interview". Both interviews looked very similar: Say your name, your position, start asking questions (from the given list).
Tech interview was all about previous experience. Video call with engineer on his laptop. You can talk tech, I was happy with the way it went. I ran out of time, but an overall positive experience. It's a bit odd that I have to squeeze presentation of myself somewhere in-between answering the questions.
The cultural interview. You ended up with the video call on the TV somewhere near the ceiling, looking at the person sitting opposite corner quite large meeting room, reading questions from the list, not really interested in answers, not giving you a chance to present yourself and constantly waiving someone else.
Expected result - failed cultural interview. Feedback - you've failed the cultural interview! I would highly recommend giving proper feedback, even if the process didn't work for both parties.
Great company, strongly recommend.
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Question 1
What was the most recent negative feedback you've received and what have you learned from it?
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Skyscanner (Glasgow, Escocia) in Jul 2019
Interview
After sending my CV I had an initial call with the recruiter for the job to get a better feel of what the role is and what skills are needed. It felt like a good fit for both sides so decided to take it further to the next stage.
Next stage consisted of 2 video calls, an hour each, back to back. The first one was with a senior engineer and I had to talk in detail about a project. Going through the technical architecture, pros and cons of each component etc. It is recommended to not just talk about it but using the tool to draw your diagram or share it with the interviewer. Be prepared to defend your technical choices and come up with reasons why you opted for a service/technology or not another.
The second video call was around culture. The aim of this one was to determine if I was a good fit in the team. Nothing which was too technical.
A few days later I was told I was selected for the next stage. This stage consisted of a full day (5hours) at Skyscanner office. 2 sessions of 1hour each, 1hour break and another 2 sessions at the end.
The first session was around my CV, past experiences and culture fit.
Second and third sessions covered hard problems were you are given scenarios to implement. Again, be prepared to defend your technical decisions here!
Last session was around managerial techniques and experience with some competency based questions.
Few days after the full day session, I got feedback from the recruiter which was followed by a call with a person from Skyscanner onboarding team to give me the offer details.