I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Zscaler (Cupertino, CA) in May 2020
Interview
Sent me a glider link. I'm normally not a fan of these softwares that invade privacy, but since covid-19 has made the economy so bad I was desperate. I broke no rules, yet when I searched up documentation, the glider software complained that I cheated and I would be reported. Another time when I was just looking at the screen, the glider ai again complained I was looking away and I had once again cheated. This really messed with me as I got thrown off and became really stiff, too afraid to do anything. I emailed the recruiter, and she said she got no complaints from the software. Overall, not a good experience.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Was too scared of being called out for "cheating" to remember.
I applied online. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Zscaler (Burnaby, BC) in Sep 2019
Interview
1. I was sent a coding challenge that consisted of 15 questions. 13 were MC/short answer, and 2 was coding. 1 was coding from scratch for a easy level leetcode question. The second one was debugging a much bigger, more complicated program.
2. 30 minute interview with a recruiter, where he told me more about the company and asked some behavioural questions.
3. Phone screen with a principal engineer. Asked conceptual questions about programming language differences. One technical question.
4. Zoom on-site with 4 rounds of 1-on-1, all technical. Talked about past experience and did some technical questions.
Interview questions [5]
Question 1
Differences between C, java, and python. Which one would you use and why?
I applied online. I interviewed at Zscaler (San Jose, CA) in Sep 2018
Interview
After finished OA online, I was booked a phone interview with 4 round, 45 min for each. The first lead software engineer asked about my project listed in the resume and details that he was interested. Then there is several simple algorithm problems.
