Proofpoint

I applied online. The manager contacted me directly. He asked me a bunch of questions, about Java and some recent projects. At the end, he declared that I was too junior for his group. I asked him why, and he said that I missed one of his questions

I had an extremely positive experience interviewing with the team at Proofpoint and an extremely unprofessional experience at offer negotiations. Everyone from the hiring manager and other engineers on the team was very professional and courteous. G

There was one 30-minute phone screen followed by an hour live coding exercise with two of their software engineers. It felt like they were figuring out their hiring process on the fly, as the questions were presented through a shared view of a Googl