Skyscanner
About us
Over 60 million people every month trust us to turn their travel nightmares into sweet dreams
Skyscanner is a leading global travel search site and app, a place where people are inspired to plan and book direct from millions of travel options at the best prices. We employ over 800 staff across ten offices globally, and, having reached market leader status, we were recently acquired by Chinese online travel company Ctrip in a deal valued at £1.4bn. While we remain operationally independent, our acquisition by Ctrip allows us to take the business to the next level of accelerated global growth. It's a hugely exciting time for Skyscanner and our users. We are unbiased and free; our secret is in our unique proprietary technology that connects people directly to everything the travel industry has to offer.
Today we’re the world’s travel search engine. Tomorrow, we want to be everyone’s personal travel assistant. Why not come on that journey with us? We’re looking for talent to help us build the travel future, solving complex business and technical problems that will transform the travel industry and take your career to a new level.
Graduate opportunities
Our engineers challenge convention, using imagination, technology and tenacity to find better, more efficient solutions for our customers. Our future depends on them and as we grow, so do they. If you are studying or have graduated in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Maths of similar fields, our dorr is always open.
Similarly if you are a smart creative, an analytical thinker and are eager to be a part of the transforming internet economy landscape we have opportunities in Growth Hacking.
How to apply
Applications for internships and graduate positions starting in June or September 2018 are open now. We recruit on a first come, first served basis so please apply as soon as possible.
We ask you to submit a CV and answer four short questions regarding your motivation for the role and for Skyscanner. Engineers will be asked to complete a short technical test. If you are successful at this stage you will have a short video interview focussing on your competencies and exploring your motivations for and understanding of our business in more depth. The final stage is an assessment centre comprising a group exercise and two interviews.
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Student
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KPMG
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Metaswitch
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Student
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IBM
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Thoughtworks
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Student
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Deutsche Bank
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Isban
This event showed me the sector is much more diverse than I originally thought, it is possible to reach the top regardless of gender!
Student
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Bloomberg
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Student
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Student
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Student