I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Skyscanner (Edinburgh, Scotland) in Oct 2015
Interview
Online test with HackerRank. This was quite easy and I passed. This was followed by an interview day.
There were interviews with 5 people. Three formal-ish. One technical. One presentation-style interview where I had to explain something I had done.
The office was really nice and the people were professional, although it felt like a couple of the interviewers thought interviewing me was beneath them and would obviously rather have been somewhere else.
I thought I did well. I didn't manage to answer everything and probably made a few slips due to nerves, but overall I think I gave a fair impression. One thing that was strange is that I felt like I was being interviewed for a different job than the one I applied for. They asked me all sorts of high-level architecture questions, but I was interviewing for a developer position. Maybe they wanted to know if I was suitable for such a role in the future, but surely I would grow into that type of role through experience and training?
I also felt that the technical questions put me on the spot and I'm not sure how useful that was. I had to answer them fast - I think I did OK. I understand the need to assess critical-thinking ability, but in this day and age I think it's more important to know how to research a problem and plan a technical approach, rather than having an encyclopaedic knowledge of computer science theory and being able to give the right answer instantly. I got the impression that the interviewer was more interested that my answer was instant and should match his, than listening to my analysis of the problem. If they keep interviewing this way they are going to end up with developers who are smooth talkers but not so hot technically.
In the end I didn't get an offer. They told me that I had the wrong experience / not enough experience. This is a bit puzzling, since their job ads say that they are looking for people who are willing to learn, rather than having experience in specific technologies that they use. I believe that development skills are technology-agnostic, so it was a bit disappointing and I wish they had just told me what they were looking for up front. It seems their recruitment and engineering teams are not on the same page.
For software engineer role it was very detailed interview process at multiple stages, including coding test, and multiple system design interview. I must say it was a great experience and learning.
Wonderful experience, I can tell them what I truly want. Hope to join the team and do what I want to do. The interviewer is so kind, allows me to think longer when I don’t know how to answer questions.
I applied online. I interviewed at Skyscanner in Apr 2026
Interview
I interviewed with Skyscanner.
The HR process was professional and well-organized. Communication was clear, and I appreciated that they offered to provide feedback afterward.
The technical interview, however, was disappointing.
The interviewer was not very communicative and didn’t provide much clarification when I asked questions about the task, which made the process feel less collaborative than expected.
I implemented a working solution during the interview, focusing on correctness and efficiency. While it may have had minor syntax issues or missed some edge cases due to time pressure, it addressed the problem.
At the end, I was surprised when the interviewer suggested that I might have copied the solution.
This felt unexpected and unfair, especially in a live coding setting where the thought process is visible.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
There were two coding problems: the first was easy, and the second was a graph problem.