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      Software Engineer Interview

      Dec 29, 2018
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Pittsburgh, PA
      Declined offer
      Negative experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Proofpoint (Pittsburgh, PA) in Oct 2018

      Interview

      TLDR: after interviewing with 12(!) people on 3 seperate days they ghosted me, not rejected, just stopped answering emails. I was contacted by wombat about a remote developer position. I had a phone screen with a team leader, and was immediately invited to a full interview. The interview consisted of 6 rounds of panels from various teams, including some that had almost no relation to the position I applied for. In all I spent more than 7 hours interviewing with various people around the company over 3 days. I was told I would hear back with a decision within 10 days. For a month I followed up every week, and was told that no decision had been made. After that, my HR contact just disappeared from the face of the earth, no read receipts from e-mails, nothing. I never said anything rude, and even had other's review my emails to make sure that I wasn't being aggressive or pushy. I get it if they don't want to hire me, but using that much of my time, and then not having the courtesy to copy and paste a form rejection email speaks volumes about how they value people at Wombat/Proofpoint

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      They didn't do any 'whiteboard' style questions, they all centered around prior experience and things I had built in the past.
      Answer question
      3

      Other Software Engineer Interview Reviews for Proofpoint

      Software Engineer Interview

      Jun 15, 2026
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Cork
      No offer
      Neutral experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Proofpoint (Cork)

      Interview

      Took nearly 2 months, 1 call with recruiter, 1 call with hiring manager (slightly technical), 1 call with staff engineer and 2 seniors, 1 more in person interview with 2 senior AI engineers.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      System design for agentic workflow
      Answer question

      Software Engineer Interview

      May 21, 2026
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Fort Collins, CO
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at Proofpoint (Fort Collins, CO) in Apr 2026

      Interview

      Did a two hour coding project which was cool, for the initial job screening. It involved creating a app in C# and seemed to go pretty well. However the ghosted me after doing it, followed up on three separate occasions no response.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      What my preferred coding language was.
      Answer question

      Software Developer Interview

      Jul 15, 2025
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Toronto, ON
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Proofpoint (Toronto, ON) in Jun 2025

      Interview

      I had an interview with a recruiter. It was a typical HR interview and it lasted about 30 minutes. Unfortunately, I was ghosted even after I sent a follow-up email.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Asked about my past experience
      Answer question
      2

      Proofpoint interviews FAQs

      • 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 38% positive. To compare, the company-average is 44.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
      • Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 33 days to get hired, when considering 27 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 Software Engineer according to 27 Glassdoor interviews include:

        Phone interview:  28%

        One on one interview:  18%

        Presentation:  16%

        Skills test:  10%

        Group panel interview:  8%

        Background check:  6%

        Drug test:  6%

        IQ intelligence test:  4%

        Other:  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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