Trend Micro Inc. Software Engineer interview experience

The questions were fairly straightforward and covered basic but broad networking and systems topics—TCP/UDP, VPN, and HTTP protocol—along with an automation test and some basic Linux commands.

The difficulty was easy, and the interviewer came across as nice and friendly, which made the whole hour feel comfortable rather than intimidating. There wasn’t much drama in the conversation, just a set of practical questions that tested fundamentals. I didn’t get an offer, but I left feeling that the round was aligned with baseline technical knowledge and that I was able to respond without getting