Software Engineer Interview Experience - Sunnyvale, California
Process
Phone interview: you’ll have 1 phone interview with the hiring manager to talk about cultural fit, and been given a great understanding on the position detail through hiring manager.
If you pass phone interview, you’ll move to the onsite interviews. You’re likely to have 4-6 interviews during the day. The questions you’ll be asked during onsite interviews will include both technical questions and behavioral questions. There will be one round for system design question.
Questions
The topic was system design related to database.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 9 interview experiences for the Proofpoint Software Engineer role in Sunnyvale, California.
Success Rate
Proofpoint's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in Sunnyvale, California is on the easier side as most engineers get an offer after going through it.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having good feelings for Proofpoint's Software Engineer interview process in Sunnyvale, California.
Proofpoint Work Experiences
- 3.0Moving from good to badSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSunnyvale, CaliforniaAugust 27, 2024Pros: Subsidized lunches, free water and coffee, and a few free snacks were provided. These perks are the bare minimum.Cons: There are a lot of new changes with management and the exec team. They are dragging the company down. They are moving a lot of teams overseas to cut costs.
- 2.0not a good place to workSoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeSunnyvale, CaliforniaOctober 13, 2011Pros: The trend is going to hosted email Good software engineersCons: Middle management is not good. They constantly change and in the end, they don't know what their subordinates are doing, it appears that they don't care either. New projects constantly are started and cancelled, wasting the team's effort and demoralizing the team spirit. There is huge turnover of engineers, I have never seen that in my whole professional life.
- 2.0Crossing the ChasmSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSunnyvale, CaliforniaFebruary 16, 2011Pros: The company has a strong presence in the email security market, excellent customers, a strong CEO, and strong growth perceptively.Cons: New management has no idea what company is about Egotistical executives causing chaos Venture Capital companies only interested in short term return No Quality Assurance methodology Politics - politics - politics
