Software Engineer Interview Experience - Bengaluru, India
May 17, 2026
Positive ExperienceNo Offer
Process
3 rounds of interview.
First round is a coding round taken by a principal engineer who asked a complex coding question (not DSA), but to take complex JSON input, parse it, flatten it, make a weighted average of the inputs, and provide an output in a different format.
Questions
Coding question about data JSON handling and weighted average calculation
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 2 interview experiences for the Okta Software Engineer role in Bengaluru, Karnataka.
Success Rate
50%
Pass Rate
Okta's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in Bengaluru, Karnataka is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.
Experience Rating
Positive100%
Neutral0%
Negative0%
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Okta's Software Engineer interview process in Bengaluru, Karnataka.
Okta Work Experiences
4.0
Good Balance, Culture Lacking
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
August 19, 2025
Pros: Good work-life balance at Okta India.
Cons: Culture is not as great in SF. Not remote in India.
5.0
A very good company
Software Engineer • Former Employee
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
August 5, 2025
Pros: Work-life balance, insurance benefits.
Cons: Nothing. Not at all. Good company.
5.0
Great people and great product
Software Engineer • Current Employee
July 9, 2015
Pros: - Great collaboration between Ops, Engineering, and QA. Makes it easy to get stuff done.
- Minimal politics at the engineering level.
- Great culture, smart and friendly coworkers with no egos to get in the way.
- Pretty easy to shift between teams if you get bored or want to work on different skills.
- Lenient PTO and work from home policies.
- Fantastic support from upper management.
- Very successful product and the company is going somewhere.
Cons: - middling benefits (no 401k matching, no gym memberships, etc.)
- heavyweights are starting to enter the field
- rapid growth leads to more work than people at times
- 4.0Good Balance, Culture LackingSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeBengaluru, Karnataka, IndiaAugust 19, 2025Pros: Good work-life balance at Okta India.Cons: Culture is not as great in SF. Not remote in India.
- 5.0A very good companySoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeBengaluru, Karnataka, IndiaAugust 5, 2025Pros: Work-life balance, insurance benefits.Cons: Nothing. Not at all. Good company.
- 5.0Great people and great productSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeJuly 9, 2015Pros: - Great collaboration between Ops, Engineering, and QA. Makes it easy to get stuff done. - Minimal politics at the engineering level. - Great culture, smart and friendly coworkers with no egos to get in the way. - Pretty easy to shift between teams if you get bored or want to work on different skills. - Lenient PTO and work from home policies. - Fantastic support from upper management. - Very successful product and the company is going somewhere.Cons: - middling benefits (no 401k matching, no gym memberships, etc.) - heavyweights are starting to enter the field - rapid growth leads to more work than people at times
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