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      QA Internship Interview

      Oct 5, 2023
      Anonymous employee
      Pittsburgh, PA
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Proofpoint (Pittsburgh, PA) in Aug 2023

      Interview

      4 interviews in total. 1 with HR that took 30 mins, 1 with Software engineer that took 30 mins. 2 interviews with QA mentors and managers these were technical interviews and required coding problems and a riddle.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Do you like working in teams? Give me an example of when you worked with a team? How have your mentors shaped your learning style? Explain SQL. Create a program using inhertance.
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      Proofpoint interviews FAQs

      • QA Internship applicants have rated the interview process at Proofpoint with 4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 44.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
      • Candidates applying for QA Internship roles take an average of 21 days to get hired, when considering 1 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 QA Internship according to 1 Glassdoor interviews include:

        Group panel interview:  25%

        Personality test:  25%

        One on one interview:  25%

        Skills test:  25%

      • 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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