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      Senior Software Engineer Interview

      Jun 14, 2018
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Sunnyvale, CA
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Proofpoint (Sunnyvale, CA) in May 2018

      Interview

      First two technical telephone interviews. Then requested for one day onsite interview at sunnyvale office. I said I can not make it one day instead I will make it come times. HR agreed and scheduled first onsite interview. It was basic project related questions and DS and algorithm questions on white board. I cleared the round and HR updated next day it went well and want to schedule next round after one week. I attended again onsite interview and was same project related questions and DS on white board. All technical rounds went very well and I am able to answer in first attempt on white board. I did not hear any update for three weeks. I follow up with HR couple of times one time they responded saying they are interviewing other candidates also. After one month and couple followups I got update team has decided to move forward with another candidate. HR is very irresponsible never respond to any email. Waste of time attending interview here. I never recommend any friends for this company

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      1) current project questions 2) given example 1 + 2 + 6 need to give the sum of numbers. design calculate algorithm 3) BS algorithm related question
      Answer question
      3

      Other Senior Software Engineer Interview Reviews for Proofpoint

      Senior Software Engineer Interview

      Apr 9, 2026
      Anonymous employee
      Bangalore Rural
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Proofpoint (Bangalore Rural)

      Interview

      It was very good in So you will be having more or less four rounds of interviews in which you will be asking a design patterns how you design how you will Solve the problem all those stuff and all and it is more or less you will be having Too much of coding questions so you need to answer for sure andyeah

      Senior Software Engineer Interview

      Apr 10, 2025
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Pune
      Declined offer
      Positive experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Proofpoint (Pune) in Feb 2025

      Interview

      4-5 rounds. First is HR screening. He was really nice. 2nd is technical round with one of the engineer in Bangalore. 3rd is again techincal round. 4th is technical as well. The interviewers were really nice.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      How nodejs works. Array maniupulaton question. Scenario based Auth questions. Oauth, SSO. All questions were scenario based. Database optimization techniques.
      Answer question

      Senior Software Engineer Interview

      Nov 24, 2023
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Argentina, Santander
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Proofpoint (Argentina, Santander) in Oct 2023

      Interview

      A HR guy interviews you and tries to convince you the salary is not that bad because working on security is cool. Then a bunch of 3 45 min easy interviews one after the other. Then they ghost you. If you are from Argentina you better find a USD job since they pay in ARS and even for Argentina the salary is incredibly low.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      simple SQL join query to solve
      Answer question

      Proofpoint interviews FAQs

      • Senior Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Proofpoint with 2.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 8% positive. To compare, the company-average is 44.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
      • Candidates applying for Senior Software Engineer roles take an average of 20 days to get hired, when considering 13 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Proofpoint overall takes an average of 29 days.
      • Common stages of the interview process at Proofpoint as a Senior Software Engineer according to 13 Glassdoor interviews include:

        Phone interview:  42%

        One on one interview:  29%

        Group panel interview:  13%

        Presentation:  8%

        IQ intelligence test:  4%

        Skills test:  4%

      • Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -

        1. Software Engineer(64) ;
        2. Account Manager(57) ;
        3. Sales(56) ;
        4. Account Executive(50) ;
        5. Senior Software Engineer(34) ;
        6. Sales Engineer(19) ;
        7. Product Support Engineer(14) ;
        8. Manager(13) ;
        9. Named Account Manager(13) ;
        10. Director(11) ;
        11. Business Development Representative (BDR)(10) ;
        12. Devops Engineer(10) ;
        13. Marketing(10) ;
        14. Product Manager(10) ;
        15. Sales Manager(10) .


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