Zscaler·Software Engineer

Zscaler Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Hard

Positive

IndiaPosted Jan 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I applied through the portal and submitted my resume, and then I was pulled into a staged process.

The first step was resume shortlisting, followed by a coding round that was split into two sections, with a 90-minute block for each section.

The coding format was strict about languages: the backend section required coding in C, C++, Java, or Golang, and the second section required Python specifically. The whole round ended up being difficult for me, and even though I tried to keep my pacing steady, the constraints made the second section feel even more demanding.

I didn’t receive an offer. Overall, the difficulty came less from one specific question and more from the structure—two

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