Okta·Solutions Engineer

Okta Solutions Engineer interview experience

No offer

Medium

Negative

TokyoPosted Jul 2024 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My process had four steps: a recruiter screening for about half an hour, then three more conversations—an engineering leader interview, a manager interview, and finally a product demo and presentation that lasted about an hour.

I was given a PDF guide for the demo and followed it closely.

The feedback I got afterwards surprised me. My demo didn’t emphasize features and functions the way they wanted, and the impression I took was that they expected a different style—more solution-selling than a product pitch. I left the whole thing feeling like I hadn’t met expectations, and honestly it helped me accept that I probably wasn’t going to fit what they were aiming for at that moment. I didn’t get an offer.

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