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Skype interviews FAQs
Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Skype with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 86% positive. To compare, the company-average is 73.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 20 days to get hired, when considering 7 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Skype overall takes an average of 24 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Skype as a Software Engineer according to 7 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 29%
Skills test: 24%
One on one interview: 24%
Background check: 18%
Group panel interview: 6%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Skype (London, England) in Jan 2013
Interview
I was originally applying to a separate job for Bing. Bing got me to do a short technical test. I was then told the position was no longer open and I was suggested the job at Skype. Skype asked me to do a tech test over the weekend at home. There were then four in-person interviews where they grilled me about the solution I'd given and asked a couple more basic coding questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Write a program which implements "auto-complete". Given a large list of names (forenames and surnames), create a UI that the user can start typing a name into, and for each letter typed, the names for which the text is a prefix appear below the text box.
I applied in-person. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Skype
Interview
It was practical
lot of hr questions
lot of mobile questions
lot of questions on OS
have to solve programming questions
asked me write program on the spot and make it work
this section is just too long
i want it to get over.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Skype (Tallinn) in Dec 2014
Interview
Great time with the process, I was contacted by a recruiter via LinkedIn. I had a Skype call with the recruiter that made a background check. After that she connected me with a team manager that explained me the job position and what I would do there, also he asked about my interests.
Next step was to complete an assignment that they sent to me through email. I had one week to complete it.
Then I had a F2F interview in the Skype HQ.
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Skype (Prague) in Jan 2014
Interview
One afternoon of interviews which turned out to be plentiful. Divided up into several passes, about 5, each with a different person holding the interview. In the end it wasn't that much effort required to complete it.