I applied online. I interviewed at Skyscanner (Miami, FL) in Mar 2019
Interview
First there was a 20 minute phone call, then a 30 minute zoom video interview with HR person in Edinburgh, and finally I was invited to a full day "assessment center" event in their Miami office. The day was divided into:
·9.00am – 12 noon: Introduction to Skyscanner and group exercises
· 12 noon – 1pm: Networking lunch with Skyscanner staff
· 1pm – 5pm: Individual Interviews.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
American Airlines is cutting their annual marketing spend with Skyscanner by 40%, how would you convince them to not only not cut their budget but to increase it.
Why should we hire you over the rest of the applicants.
I applied online. I interviewed at Skyscanner in Apr 2025
Interview
There were 3 parts to the assessment day starting with a group exercise with a presentation of our ideas at the end, a pre-prepared technical task, and a competency interview
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What would you be afraid of if you started the job tomorrow?
Tell me about a time you worked in a team and there was a conflict / tell me about a time of conflict and how you dealt with it
What would one of your managers from one of your jobs say about you?
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Skyscanner (Edinburgh, Scotland) in Mar 2025
Interview
Initial Zoom interview with one of the early careers team. Set questions and graded with a points system. Standard interview questions - not job specific, for example, how do you manage deadlines, a time you have 'failed forward'...
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe a time that you have failed forward, where something ended up better than you had planned although it didn't work out how you expected.