Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Sourcefire with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 40% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 18 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Sourcefire overall takes an average of 41 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Sourcefire as a Software Engineer according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 29%
One on one interview: 29%
Skills test: 14%
Group panel interview: 14%
Background check: 14%
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I applied through college or university. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Sourcefire (Columbia, MD) in May 2015
Interview
I took take-home test first which is basically c programming problems and network related conceptions. Then I went to Columbia for onsite. There were 4 rounds. They recommended to use C in interview but not required. The problems were not hard but they might comp up with some follow-ups regarding OS or network.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Reverse a string, find IP address, reverse linked list etc
I applied in-person. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at Sourcefire (Columbia, MD) in Jan 2012
Interview
6 engineers from different teams UI/Database/snort/networking/support/maintenance asked to write code, asked language and data structure questions. Asked general networking questions, knowledge of protocols. Schedule preference, desired level of involvement in customer issues.