Process
The typical SWE interview process involved multiple rounds with standard LeetCode and design questions. They took a very long time to respond after the final round, and I had to email them multiple times.
Questions
Normal LeetCode mediums and behavioral questions.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 2 interview experiences for the Okta SWE Intern role in Canada.
Success Rate
0%
Pass Rate
Okta's interview process for their SWE Intern roles in Canada is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Positive50%
Neutral0%
Negative50%
Candidates reported having mixed feelings for Okta's SWE Intern interview process in Canada.
Okta Work Experiences
5.0
Great Pay, Remote Hurdles
SWE Intern • Former Employee
August 19, 2024
Pros: Remote option, amazing compensation, and a solid work culture.
Cons: Communication struggles/hurdles due to the company being mostly remote.
4.0
Remote, Ok Pay, Chaotic
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Seattle, Washington, United States
December 10, 2024
Pros: Still remote. Pay is not bad.
Cons: Disorganized. Work-life balance is usually bad. Lots of crises.
4.0
Good challenges, growth opportunities, great pay, and a very nice office
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
July 25, 2017
Pros: Great co-workers, lots of smart people, though most of your team members will likely be at HQ in San Francisco or San Jose.
New Toronto office is very nice, with good perks.
Toronto co-workers are great, from a breadth of different teams.
Very flexible hours, and work from home once a week.
Excellent base pay.
Honest and candid leadership.
Recognition is given regularly and properly. Lots of opportunity for growth. Well-defined career tracks (technical & management).
People, in its great majority, put a genuine effort in improving what's not good enough.
Cons: - Benefits (especially vacation) are very basic, even when they didn't have to be, to the point of being annoying sometimes.
- HR and workplace management are all in HQ (San Francisco), so getting their attention on many of the pain points around benefits/office issues can be very challenging.
- Work/life balance can be tricky with a Pacific-Time based team.
- The complicated dev environment & monolithic architecture of the product sometimes complicate the simplest of tasks.
- Not the fastest brand of agile is followed in the dev process.
- 5.0Great Pay, Remote HurdlesSWE Intern • Former EmployeeAugust 19, 2024Pros: Remote option, amazing compensation, and a solid work culture.Cons: Communication struggles/hurdles due to the company being mostly remote.
- 4.0Remote, Ok Pay, ChaoticSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSeattle, Washington, United StatesDecember 10, 2024Pros: Still remote. Pay is not bad.Cons: Disorganized. Work-life balance is usually bad. Lots of crises.
- 4.0Good challenges, growth opportunities, great pay, and a very nice officeSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeToronto, Ontario, CanadaJuly 25, 2017Pros: Great co-workers, lots of smart people, though most of your team members will likely be at HQ in San Francisco or San Jose. New Toronto office is very nice, with good perks. Toronto co-workers are great, from a breadth of different teams. Very flexible hours, and work from home once a week. Excellent base pay. Honest and candid leadership. Recognition is given regularly and properly. Lots of opportunity for growth. Well-defined career tracks (technical & management). People, in its great majority, put a genuine effort in improving what's not good enough.Cons: - Benefits (especially vacation) are very basic, even when they didn't have to be, to the point of being annoying sometimes. - HR and workplace management are all in HQ (San Francisco), so getting their attention on many of the pain points around benefits/office issues can be very challenging. - Work/life balance can be tricky with a Pacific-Time based team. - The complicated dev environment & monolithic architecture of the product sometimes complicate the simplest of tasks. - Not the fastest brand of agile is followed in the dev process.
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