McAfee·Software Engineer

McAfee Software Engineer interview experience

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Posted Oct 2010 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I went through a mostly technical, discussion-style loop with a few different flavors of rounds, over roughly three to four conversations.

Technical interview 1 — a structured set of questions asked one by one by interviewers who felt like technical managers.
Technical skills round — coding in a development environment with no internet access to demonstrate understanding; basic to medium difficulty.
Technical interview 3 — another straightforward technical discussion led by an architect.
Managerial/HR later — the process was later accompanied by managerial and HR rounds (timing wasn’t fully specified). Outcome: I didn’t move forward, but I felt the process was smooth and more like a technical

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