Zscaler·Software Engineer

Zscaler Software Engineer interview experience

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Indianapolis, INPosted Apr 2022 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

The first part of my process actually went okay: a meet-and-greet that felt smooth.

The technical interview afterward didn’t land well, and I could feel the mismatch early. I was pretty siloed into my current role during the conversation, and the interviewer couldn’t seem to get past the idea that my experience came from a startup background. I ended up spending time clarifying how my responsibilities shifted after an acquisition, including that I had Cloud Ops experience that should have been visible from my resume.

What threw me off most was how much the discussion drifted into praise about leadership and why Zscaler is such a great place to work. I found myself thinking

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