I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Skype in May 2012
Interview
The process was started via a job agent and the first step consisted of a telephone screening with human resources. Following this a further three interviews were scheduled; the first a technical interview using Skype, the second a face to face with the hiring manager and the third another Skype call with an Engineering Director in Prague. The first Skype call was cancelled at the last minute and when rescheduled I was interviewed for the wrong role and as a result I was not asked any technical questions just management and process-related questions. The second interview which was due to be face to face was also cancelled and rescheduled and was carried out using Skype in the end. I was again asked questions around process and management with no technical questions. The interview was ended by the interviewer after about twenty minutes. I was subsequently rejected so the third stage interview did not take place. I didn't feel as if my technical ability to carry out this role was tested at all.
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Question 1
How did you overcome a difficult situation in a software project?
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Skype (Stockholm, Stockholm) in Jun 2015
Interview
It started with a very friendly Skype chat with the Team Leader where the main goal was to figure out my motivation to apply for that position. He was willing to answer all of my questions about the working environment, internal training, market positioning, etc, ...
Called through by a consultant. Had couple of telephonic rounds, with the manager first, then by the technical team. Was asked to complete a project task. Finally a HR round.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Skype (London, England) in Aug 2013
Interview
Contacted via a recruiter from linked in, went through a very long chat with him and then offered an interview for what the recruiter said was a c# job, got to the interview and although all the questions were about c#(which I answered) I was told that this job absolutely also required php, I got no feedback for about a month and then I was told they had another interview for me that was an even better fit, had an interview with the snr hiring manager (Microsoft) the interview went really well and I answered every question, at the end the interviewer actually told me that it had gone very well and I should definately come back for a final interview, after three weeks of no feedback I asked the girl from HR got one missed call from her and never heard anything since, very disappointing.
Senior Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Skype with 2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 67% positive. To compare, the company-average is 73.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Senior Software Engineer roles take an average of 16 days to get hired, when considering 3 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 Senior Software Engineer according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 50%
Phone interview: 33%
Skills test: 17%
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