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      Senior Software Engineer Interview

      8 June 2019
      Anonymous interview candidate
      New York, NY
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at Contrast Security (New York, NY) in May 2019

      Interview

      Had one initial interview from someone in HR and as other posters have mentioned, I waited more than a week and heard nothing. Tried contacting the recruiter and all I got was radio silence. Pretty clear that the culture must suck or the company is simply incompetent. Hard pass.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      brief background info
      Answer question
      5

      Other Senior Software Engineer interview reviews for Contrast Security

      Senior Software Engineer Interview

      6 Feb 2019
      Anonymous interview candidate
      New York, NY
      No offer
      Negative experience

      Application

      I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 days. I interviewed at Contrast Security (New York, NY) in Feb 2019

      Interview

      Avoid at all costs. They don't even let you show off your skills or give you a proper technical accessment before making a decision. If you can answer a few questions as fluff maybe they will actually attempt to review your skills. They openly admit to having no QA department. What at the surface appears to be a tech shop looking for talent is clearly not. Don't waste your time.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Describe a project in which you had to solve a technical challenge
      1 Answer
      5
      avatar
      Contrast Security response
      7y
      We are so sorry to hear that you had a poor interview experience. As with any startup, we are constantly working to improve our internal processes and balance that with the rapid scaling of the company. Your experience is not what we want our candidates to have. While the job may not be right for the candidate, or the candidate ready for a particular role, we treat all candidate's with respect at all times. We're taking your comments to heart and re-evaluating our process to continue to improve. Thank you so much for your feedback and we wish you all the best with your search!

      Senior Software Engineer Interview

      9 Feb 2019
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Remote, OR
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at Contrast Security (Remote, OR) in Feb 2019

      Interview

      I originally applied for the Senior Full Stack Engineer position but after I was contacted I also found out about their Senior Software Engineer (Java) position which I had an equal interest in. The initial interview went well with an individual who indicated he was in charge of Engineering at Contrast Security and he indicated that he would contact his colleague concerning the the Senior Software Engineer (Java) position and I would be contacted again with a project involving development of a Java Agent for security. I was told that the project results would be weighed for BOTH of the positions. I was contacted by this 2nd individual who I believe is a Senior Engineer with Contrast Security and he indicated he wanted (i) a discussion and (ii) for me to indicate if I was interested in the take-home project. This 2nd interview was in my opinion conducted in a very unprofessional matter. Most of the questions were behavioral rather than technical in nature and when I asked about technologies used in developing Java Security agents (e.g. ASM, Javassist, etc.) he became testy and indicated his specialty was .NET rather than Java. At the end of the interview I asked if I would be receiving the Java Agent project (which had been indicated in the initial conversation and email) he was vague and iffy. At the end of the day of the 2nd telephone conversation I received an automated rejection email rather than the Java Agent project I was looking forward to doing. Basically I came away with the impression that Contrast Security is disorganized and unprofessional in their hiring practices which doesn't bode well for them in attracting quality Software Engineers going forward.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Behavioral Questions (e.g. what was your most difficult project? describe a situation where there was disagreement among team members, etc)
      1 Answer
      4
      avatar
      Contrast Security response
      7y
      Your experience is not what we want for our candidates and we are so sorry that your interview process was not more cohesive and transparent. We're reviewing your comments with our team to better improve our processes and thank you for your input. We wish you all the best.