I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Proofpoint in Nov 2019
Interview
Recruiter had reached out to me and I had a 1 on 1 with him. Next round was with the hiring manager. It involved 2 coding questions over the phone. I solved them but couldnt optimize them due to time pressure. I received rejection few days later. The question had nothing to do with the day to day job and my relevant experience along with my recommendation was totally ignored. I didnt even get a chance to ask questions to the hiring manager about the company.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Data structures and algorithm questions that you dont really use at work and you can google them if needed.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Proofpoint (Toronto, ON) in Dec 2020
Interview
Was screened by a technical recruiter followed by the Hiring manager along with rounds of panel interviews.
The interview process was very organized, the interviewers were friendly, professional, and helpful.
P.S: I really enjoyed the whole process
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Proofpoint in Jun 2019
Interview
An HR interview followed by a Technical Interview ( Both Phone call) . No response after 2nd technical interview. Many follow up emails sent to them but no response.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. My experience
2. How did you create test cases and test plans from scratch for the project?
Answer: My project was an ongoing project where almost all the test plans and test cases were created. But when I entered in the project, I used to create test cases for the new functionalities for the project. So, for creating test cases I used to understand the requirements for that specific functionality. If requirements used to be not clear, ask the client about the appropriate functionality for that.
3. What were the questions you used to ask clients for the requirements not clear?
- Gave an example of my project
4. Gave me a scenario:
A software which has a username, a password, a login button and when you click on login it takes you to a blank page which only has a logout button. You click on logout button, it should take you back to login page
Write test cases for it.
5. Suppose you have a version 1 in which you tested a scenario of username password providing correct error message. Same test case passed with version 2 of the product. But for version 3, the same test case did not pass. What will be your steps to investigate the issue?
6. Question on Jira bug report? How will you create a bug report for the issue you just found on version 3
7. A programming question on Java: You have an array list and you need to print (boolean) true or false if an integer appears twice. print true otherwise false