Tenable·Software Engineer

Tenable Software Engineer interview experience

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Medium

Positive

Columbia, MDPosted Mar 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

After a recruiter screen, I had a behavioral interview with a hiring manager.

The whole thing felt conversational, and the emphasis was on how I reasoned through problems rather than whether my answers were instantly compilable. I then went into two technical interviews that were framed around pseudo-coding—live, back-to-back enough that it felt like the process was testing my fundamentals and thought process.

The final step was a system design round. The overall pace felt fairly standard, and the questions were pitched as a practical assessment: the technical parts focused on my ability to think clearly under time pressure, while the behavioral discussion tied it

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