Software Engineer II applicants have rated the interview process at F5 with 3.1 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 75% positive. To compare, the company-average is 58.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer II roles take an average of 18 days to get hired, when considering 10 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at F5 overall takes an average of 22 days.
Common stages of the interview process at F5 as a Software Engineer II according to 10 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 35%
One on one interview: 23%
Background check: 12%
Drug test: 8%
Personality test: 8%
Skills test: 8%
Presentation: 8%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at F5 (San Jose, CA)
Interview
Phone interview . 30 minutes call
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about yourself ?
Technical Questions :
Multiple inheritance and how to avoid problems
Difference between IMAP vs POP vs SMTP
define Forests in Active Directory
Rate yourself in C++ on a scale of 1:10
Rate yourself in Java on a scale of 1:10
Behavior Questions :
Whats your strength?
Whats your weakness ?
First hiring manager, networking domain round, coding round, behavioral round. Merge Sort was asked in coding round. Question related to load balancer were asked in networking round. Networking fundamentals were asked too.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How does server send response to load balancer instead of client ip
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at F5 (Hyderābād) in Apr 2022
Interview
They do not have a proper interview procedure.
They will conduct as many rounds as per their wish and ask you to attended.
And moreover they do not know this position is really required or not until last minute.
After clearing all the interviews, they will ask to share the required documents.
Finally you will receive a call from HR saying that the current position is on hold by the hiring manager.
This is the experience I faced recently.
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at F5 (Hyderābād) in Jul 2021
Interview
Applied through Company website
HackerRank Initial screening. MCQ (Network fundamentals) and 3 Problem solving questions.
5 Virtual Interviews ( 2 Technical, 1 HM, 1 Behavioral, 1 HR). All interviews conducted were in a week.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
- Medium DSA/ Problem Solving
- OS Fundamentals: Process, Threads etc
- Networking Fundamentals
- Cultural/ Behavioral questions