Cyber Security Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Darktrace with 2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 47.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Cyber Security Engineer roles take an average of 30 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Darktrace overall takes an average of 22 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Darktrace as a Cyber Security Engineer according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 40%
Drug test: 20%
One on one interview: 20%
Presentation: 20%
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I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Darktrace (San Francisco, CA) in Apr 2019
Interview
The entire thing took about a month. I got a call from a 3rd party recruiter who helped me get ready for the interviews. I had one FaceTime interview with a team lead which lasted about 30min. It was mostly all behavioral questions nothing technical. A couple days later I was called to setup an in person interview with the hiring manager in SF. The lasted about 45min. A lot of the questions were the same as the first interview. Some situational questions. Overview about the job and the requirements. Got an offer about three days after that. They do verify education by submission of transcript or diploma.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What steps would you take to troubleshoot if you're done setting up the system and when you run a final test you realize it's not connected to the internet?
a phone interview was arranged via email, on the day interview called and it was an interview through the phone, questions were mainly about cyber security and networking questions including ports and protocols.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at Darktrace (Cambridge, England) in Mar 2020
Interview
Remote interview was very quick, was asked some technical questions, the interviewers where really nice and asked some interesting questions based on topics that I was taking about. I had some trouble hearing one of the interviewers but that was probably an issue on my end as this was my first video call interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you keep an online service running whilst updating it
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Darktrace in Apr 2019
Interview
1. I was contacted online by an External Recruiter about the position.
2. Went in for an in-person interview and then a second phone interview.
3. In-person interviewer was pleasant. Asked about previous work experience, networking experience, and behavioural situations.
4. Recruiter told me that I need to submit transcript and proof of citizenship as my earliest convenience
5. Submitted transcript to recruiter but wasn’t comfortable sending a copy of passport to a third-party recruiter in the States. Told recruiter I could submit info directly to Darktrace HR - no problem
6. Recruiter became more pushy and aggressive (multiple calls and emails) to get me to submit my private information to them. Told me they would only offer once they get the info.
7. I decided to look for proof that I can show which contained less private information
8. After one day, the recruiter decided to rescind my application and ended up wasting my time and interviewer’s time.
9. Recruiter sent a follow up email saying that my behaviour was unprofessional and said they had a network of partners. They would spread information to all of them that I was a bad candidate.
My Thoughts:
- Darktrace needs to reconsider their hiring strategy when using a recruitment agency. Perhaps better vetting of which agency they choose
- Can’t say this was a good experience especially since I was reached out by recruiter in the beginning and at the end having the recruiter said they would try to taint my reputation - especially being a new grad.