I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Proofpoint
Interview
This is an intense interview process. You can expect typical recruiter interview, phone technical interview and on-site interview with the teams.
There is NDA so I cannot discuss details but the company looks really good and much potential to grow.
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
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.
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.
Senior Software Developer 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 Developer 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 Developer according to 13 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 42%
One on one interview: 29%
Group panel interview: 13%
Presentation: 8%
Skills test: 4%
IQ intelligence test: 4%
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