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      Software Development Engineer II Interview

      Mar 5, 2014
      Anonymous employee
      London, England
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Skype (London, England)

      Interview

      Interviewing process took a while, initially you'll deal with HR contractors. You'll typically have to pass a short technical questionnaire over the phone with somebody from HR who will make some questions, they actually don't understand the questions but they are easy and focused enough that they require a spot on answer. Easy. Then you'll have 2 or 3 interviews via skype with more coding and challenging questions. The face to face interview will take around half a day and you'll be interviewed by 3 or 5 people (depending on the team). lots of technical questions mainly algorithms and pseudo coding.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      To be honest nothing too difficult. Some, in my opinion, annoying ones like actually naming java, c# or c++ API calls which require just memory rather than skills.
      Answer question
      2

      Skype interviews FAQs

      • Software Development Engineer II 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 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 73.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
      • Candidates applying for Software Development Engineer II roles take an average of 30 days to get hired, when considering 1 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 Development Engineer II according to 1 Glassdoor interviews include:

        Skills test:  20%

        Phone interview:  20%

        Group panel interview:  20%

        Background check:  20%

        One on one interview:  20%

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