Trend Micro Inc. Solutions Engineer interview experience

The part I didn’t like was how insistently they wanted me to come in person twice, which meant long commutes and sitting in traffic for hours just to be in the building again.

After all that time, the feedback landed with a theme that surprised me: I wasn’t considered aggressive enough for the position. It was a tough message to receive after putting in the travel and in-person effort.

Looking back, the process itself wasn’t complex on paper, but the time cost felt excessive for what felt like a very specific personality judgment at the end.