Optiva interview questions
Updated Feb 13, 2026Difficulty
Average
Experience
Mostly positive
How others got an interview
- 31%Employee ReferralEmployee Referral
- 11%Staffing AgencyStaffing Agency
- 9%RecruiterRecruiter
- 7%OtherOther
- 7%In PersonIn Person
- 2%Campus RecruitingCampus Recruiting
Interview search
51 interviews
Optiva interviews FAQs
- Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Optiva as 50% positive with a difficulty rating score of 3.31 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Sales Trainee and Senior Software Engineer rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Technical Support and Software Engineer roles were rated as the easiest.
- The hiring process at Optiva takes an average of 36 days when considering 16 user submitted interviews across all job titles. To compare, the average duration of hiring at similar companies like BlackRock, Inc. is 14 days, Fabricated Software, Inc. is 2 days, and Apple Inc. is 21 days. Candidates applying for Software Engineer had the quickest hiring process (on average 5 days), whereas Sales Engineer roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 270 days).
- Common stages of the interview process at Optiva according to 16 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 26%
Skills test: 14%
One on one interview: 14%
Group panel interview: 9%
Personality test: 7%
Presentation: 7%
Background check: 7%
IQ intelligence test: 7%
Drug test: 5%
Other: 5%
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