I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Trend Micro Inc.
Interview
The interview process was really fun and designed to test your technical/soft skills.
- phone screening with a recruiter
- Online coding assessment (3 Leetcode problems easy/medium).
- 1h interview with the HM (previous experience)
- 1h behavioral interview with two engineers
- 1h coding interview. You need to know DS/Algorithms/TDD to pass the interview.
Everyone was super nice and they explained what I'll be working on and the tech stack in details. I had two other offers but after meeting the team it was a no brainer and I accepted their offer.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
You need to know DS/Algorithm/TDD to pass the interview.
I applied online. I interviewed at Trend Micro Inc. (Ottawa, ON) in Jan 2026
Interview
OA->HR reach out-> 1st Interview -> 2nd Interview; The whole process went very fast, which was amazing.
OA was 3 leetcode medium and hard questions.
Interview involves resume questions and past experience questions, and then some system design questions; Also behavioral questions.
I applied online. I interviewed at Trend Micro Inc. (Ottawa, ON) in Jan 2026
Interview
OA, quick call, 1st interview, 2nd interview. OA had 3 questions, 1 multiple choice and 2 coding questions. Call was only to set things up the candidate profile and to talk about job expectations.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Trend Micro Inc.
Interview
Easy questions, simple leetcode OA.
Don't worry too much about the actual technical they are really just trying to get a baseline. Very simple, don't worry too much.
Yeah so try your best and have faith.
Trend Micro Inc. interviews FAQs
Software Developer applicants have rated the interview process at Trend Micro Inc. with 3.1 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 62% positive. To compare, the company-average is 65.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Developer roles take an average of 15 days to get hired, when considering 26 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Trend Micro Inc. overall takes an average of 23 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Trend Micro Inc. as a Software Developer according to 26 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 21%
Skills test: 19%
Presentation: 10%
Group panel interview: 10%
Personality test: 10%
Phone interview: 10%
IQ intelligence test: 9%
Background check: 7%
Drug test: 3%
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