McAfee·Software Engineer

McAfee Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Medium

Negative

Plano, TXPosted Dec 2019 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I interviewed for Software Engineer at McAfee in 2019, and while the technical steps seemed to progress, the process ended abruptly and unprofessionally.

Recruiter call + phone screen — I had an initial recruiter call and a 30-minute phone screen.
Onsite interviews (3 rounds) — Three one-hour onsite rounds over WebEx.
Additional WebEx interviews (4 series) — I then completed four one-hour WebEx interviews.
Final leadership interview — I met leadership and was told I was a finalist.
Post-final delay + cancellation — After about a week, the job posting was canceled with no courtesy email. Outcome: No offer, and the takeaway was that even strong performance can be undermined by unclear communication and sudden

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