Zscaler·Software Engineer

Zscaler Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Medium

Negative

IndiaPosted Feb 2024 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

Right after I applied, the recruiter called me and the conversation turned awkward fast.

I asked to discuss the role, but the recruiter’s stance was basically that there wasn’t much to explain beyond what I’d read already. Then we shifted to compensation, and they asked for my current compensation.

When I said I wasn’t comfortable sharing it immediately, the call got tense. The recruiter insisted that if I wouldn’t share compensation information, they couldn’t move ahead, even though they claimed they had directors/VPs and other leaders who shared compensation. I didn’t want to compare myself to others, and I pushed back on the way the request was handled.

It ended quickly with

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