Fortinet·Software Engineer

Fortinet Software Engineer interview experience

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Sunnyvale, CAPosted May 2022 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I had a recruiter-style screening where the tone was pretty matter-of-fact.

The interviewer introduced the company and the general technologies, then mostly asked about my previous experiences and salary expectations. There weren’t any technical questions at all.

What surprised me was how confident the conversation felt—there was an explicit sense that they already knew whether they wanted to hire me, and if they invited me to interview it usually meant the decision was already heading toward “yes” unless I gave them a clear reason to change their mind.

Overall, it was an easy, low-pressure screen and it ended without me getting an offer. My main reflection was

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