I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Okta (Toronto, ON) in Oct 2018
Interview
Entire process took way too long - about 3 months?
I was sent a take home challenge, then did a first interview. No problems so far.
Was asked for a final round interview, got it scheduled, and then on the day of the interview I received an email saying something came up and we need to reschedule. Didn't get any updates for another few weeks.
Finally rescheduled the final round for over a month past the original date...and went through all 3 back to back interviews and only then was I told what team I'd be on, which I wasn't interested in joining for other reasons.
Emailed them again and they said that since it's been so long since the interview process started, most positions are already filled and I wasn't able to find a position in a different team. So I asked for my candidacy to be withdrawn.
Overall the most disorganized interview process I've ever been through. I think I've been relatively patient with the whole ordeal, but the lack of communication here was unacceptable.
3 rounds of interview first round is coding round taken by a principal engineer who asked a complex coding question not DSA but take complex json input parse it flaten it and make weighted average of the inputs and provide a output in a different format
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Coding question about data json handling and weighted average calculation
Interviewed in summer 2024. Talk with screener about job, role, etc. First stage was talk with Hiring Manager about exp. Second's home work, create backend service using their reqs, nothing complicated but time consuming. 3d stage arch decision talk with one of the engineers from target team (also security related questions, basic topics without depth). 4th and last interview was with Head of Department or some similar role, std behavioral questions, motivation talk, etc. Didn't pass last stage, reason unknown. 1.5 mos from first contact to the end. Neutral since last stage was terrible, weird talk, ghosted results (before were responsive).
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is Cross-Site Scripting and how to prevent it.
Took 6 weeks for a single interview then never heard from again. Would wholeheartedly not recommend them to anyone ever. This is just too much for anyone to have to go through.