Okta

Staff Software Engineer Interview Experience - Bengaluru, India

January 23, 2026

Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I applied online.

The interview questions are very basic. They asked a random CodeSignal question. The skill of the interviewer itself is not up to the mark. Then how they will recruit a good candidate, I don't know.

Questions

Basic question in java script

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 4 interview experiences for the Okta Staff Software Engineer role in Bengaluru, Karnataka.

Success Rate

25%

Pass Rate

Okta's interview process for their Staff Software Engineer roles in Bengaluru, Karnataka is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive50%

Neutral0%

Negative50%

Candidates reported having mixed feelings for Okta's Staff Software Engineer interview process in Bengaluru, Karnataka.

Okta Work Experiences

Career Ruined, One Person's Feedback

Staff Software Engineer • Current Employee

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

November 27, 2023

Pros: Nothing is good in this organization.

Cons: This company only runs on one person's feedback. To ruin their career, they will hire.

Career Ruined, One Person's Feedback

Staff Software Engineer • Current Employee

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

November 27, 2023

Pros: Nothing is good in this organization.

Cons: This company only runs on one person's feedback. To ruin their career, they will hire.

Learning Growth, Long Hours

Staff Software Engineer • Current Employee

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

September 5, 2025

Pros: There are a lot of new things to learn.

Cons: Work can go beyond 10 hours/day.

Learning Growth, Long Hours

Staff Software Engineer • Current Employee

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

September 5, 2025

Pros: There are a lot of new things to learn.

Cons: Work can go beyond 10 hours/day.

Toxic Culture, No Autonomy

Staff Software Engineer • Current Employee

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

August 31, 2025

Pros: Global org, so you'll get to travel every now and then to the US. However, this will change over a couple of months.

Cons: Toxic, locally and globally. Everyone's perpetually scared on when they could be laid off. Managers are mere puppets here and run on orders from the US. No autonomy. The hiring team will give you a rosy picture, but if you ask more, they're horrible liars. Save yourself, run while you can.

Toxic Culture, No Autonomy

Staff Software Engineer • Current Employee

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

August 31, 2025

Pros: Global org, so you'll get to travel every now and then to the US. However, this will change over a couple of months.

Cons: Toxic, locally and globally. Everyone's perpetually scared on when they could be laid off. Managers are mere puppets here and run on orders from the US. No autonomy. The hiring team will give you a rosy picture, but if you ask more, they're horrible liars. Save yourself, run while you can.

Career Ruined, One Person's Feedback

Staff Software Engineer • Current Employee

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

November 27, 2023

Pros: Nothing is good in this organization.

Cons: This company only runs on one person's feedback. To ruin their career, they will hire.

1.0
Career Ruined, One Person's Feedback
Staff Software Engineer • Current Employee
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
November 27, 2023
Pros: Nothing is good in this organization.
Cons: This company only runs on one person's feedback. To ruin their career, they will hire.

Learning Growth, Long Hours

Staff Software Engineer • Current Employee

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

September 5, 2025

Pros: There are a lot of new things to learn.

Cons: Work can go beyond 10 hours/day.

5.0
Learning Growth, Long Hours
Staff Software Engineer • Current Employee
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
September 5, 2025
Pros: There are a lot of new things to learn.
Cons: Work can go beyond 10 hours/day.

Toxic Culture, No Autonomy

Staff Software Engineer • Current Employee

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

August 31, 2025

Pros: Global org, so you'll get to travel every now and then to the US. However, this will change over a couple of months.

Cons: Toxic, locally and globally. Everyone's perpetually scared on when they could be laid off. Managers are mere puppets here and run on orders from the US. No autonomy. The hiring team will give you a rosy picture, but if you ask more, they're horrible liars. Save yourself, run while you can.

1.0
Toxic Culture, No Autonomy
Staff Software Engineer • Current Employee
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
August 31, 2025
Pros: Global org, so you'll get to travel every now and then to the US. However, this will change over a couple of months.
Cons: Toxic, locally and globally. Everyone's perpetually scared on when they could be laid off. Managers are mere puppets here and run on orders from the US. No autonomy. The hiring team will give you a rosy picture, but if you ask more, they're horrible liars. Save yourself, run while you can.

Okta Interview Questions

Simple Bank System

Simulate a simple bank system that supports basic operations like deposit, withdraw, and check balance for different accounts. You will implement methods to handle these transactions and ensure validity based on account balances and existence.

All Nodes Distance K in Binary Tree

Find all nodes in a binary tree that are exactly K distance away from a given target node. The distance is measured by the number of edges between the nodes.

TreesGraphsRecursionBinary Search

LRU Cache

Design a data structure that acts as a Least Recently Used (LRU) cache. Implement methods to get and put key-value pairs, evicting the least recently used entry when the cache is full.

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