I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Zscaler (Cupertino, CA) in May 2020
Interview
Sent me a glider link. I'm normally not a fan of these softwares that invade privacy, but since covid-19 has made the economy so bad I was desperate. I broke no rules, yet when I searched up documentation, the glider software complained that I cheated and I would be reported. Another time when I was just looking at the screen, the glider ai again complained I was looking away and I had once again cheated. This really messed with me as I got thrown off and became really stiff, too afraid to do anything. I emailed the recruiter, and she said she got no complaints from the software. Overall, not a good experience.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Was too scared of being called out for "cheating" to remember.
I applied online. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Zscaler (Burnaby, BC) in Sep 2019
Interview
1. I was sent a coding challenge that consisted of 15 questions. 13 were MC/short answer, and 2 was coding. 1 was coding from scratch for a easy level leetcode question. The second one was debugging a much bigger, more complicated program.
2. 30 minute interview with a recruiter, where he told me more about the company and asked some behavioural questions.
3. Phone screen with a principal engineer. Asked conceptual questions about programming language differences. One technical question.
4. Zoom on-site with 4 rounds of 1-on-1, all technical. Talked about past experience and did some technical questions.
Interview questions [5]
Question 1
Differences between C, java, and python. Which one would you use and why?
I applied online. I interviewed at Zscaler (San Jose, CA) in Sep 2018
Interview
After finished OA online, I was booked a phone interview with 4 round, 45 min for each. The first lead software engineer asked about my project listed in the resume and details that he was interested. Then there is several simple algorithm problems.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer New Grad roles take an average of 28 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Zscaler overall takes an average of 32 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Zscaler as a Software Engineer New Grad according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Presentation: 50%
Phone interview: 50%
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