Embedded Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Fortinet with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 33% positive. To compare, the company-average is 65.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Embedded Software Engineer roles take an average of 12 days to get hired, when considering 9 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Fortinet overall takes an average of 38 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Fortinet as a Embedded Software Engineer according to 9 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 20%
Presentation: 20%
Phone interview: 15%
IQ intelligence test: 15%
Skills test: 10%
Personality test: 10%
Group panel interview: 5%
Background check: 5%
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I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Fortinet in Apr 2024
Interview
First you will receive an online assessment, if passed, you will proceed to the next steps with multiple rounds of interviews. There will be coding, technical, and behavioral questions. There will also be a highly toxic manager who constantly show his assumed superiority by finding faults from the interviewees.
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Question 1
Why did you only receive the second-class academic award in school? Did you rank >50% in the class? Are you sure that you can code?
I applied online. I interviewed at Fortinet (Vancouver, BC) in Nov 2025
Interview
Coding assessment, then live coding assessment where they just watch you code, camera and mic on, and sits there silently. Once you are done, if you don't get the whole thing, they just say "it's a no" then drops the call.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
A bunch (about 4) of leetcode style questions, Med-Hard difficulty
The HR representative initially contacted me by phone and explained the interview process. I was then given four coding questions, which were similar to a HackerRank-based test but slightly modified. Unfortunately, I didn’t pass that stage, so I don’t have any additional information to share.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
asked me to choose one role to proceed, software tester or engineer
First round: 2 coding question using C. Need to have knowledge for basic data structure . And basic knowledge of computer network and operation system, especially about TCP and inter process communication.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
2 coding question using C. Need to have knowledge for basic data structure . And basic knowledge of computer network and operation system, especially about TCP and inter process communication.