I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Skype
Interview
Started with phone screening by HR, followed by two remote interviews via Skype, then an on site interview. The remote interviews were very basic questions regarding the technology with which I would be working.
On site interview occurred the following week. Interviewed with three engineers who asked a wide variety of questions, some specific to technology I would be working on, some design questions, programming patterns (Singleton, factory, etc.), problem solving/data structures.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
GIven 2 nodes in a tree, find the lowest common parent, must be efficient.
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.
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%
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