Zscaler·Software Engineer

Zscaler Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Medium

Negative

CanadaPosted Feb 2022 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My recruiter call came first, and then about a day later I had a one-hour technical interview with an engineer.

The technical portion started with a common dynamic programming coding question. After that, the interview shifted into a bunch of operating systems and networking trivia, which felt like they wanted both algorithmic thinking and general systems knowledge.

The next round brought two other engineers, and it was framed as another technical interview. I remember it as continuing the same theme—coding and systems-related questioning—rather than switching into purely behavioral topics.

The overall experience stayed technical and fairly concentrated, but I didn’t get an offer. Even so, I felt

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