Fortinet·Software Engineer

Fortinet Software Engineer interview experience

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CanadaPosted Jul 2023 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

Once I got past the early stages, the interviews skewed heavily toward networking fundamentals and systems.

In one path, the rounds started with OS and Internet concepts, then moved into C and a mid-level coding problem later, so it felt like they were balancing low-level understanding with practical engineering.

Another thread of the process was even more TCP/IP heavy. I had a very technical conversation where the discussion moved quickly through networking topics, with lots of TCP/IP related questions and not much room for behavioral-style answers. The format felt like a test: it was exhausting mostly because the questioning kept coming, and the second part of the call leaned into scenario-based

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