I applied online. The process took 2+ months. I interviewed at Fortinet (Plano, TX) in Jul 2018
Interview
I have been working at Fortinet for 1ish years now,
I am posting here in interview section to warn people who may be considering joining fortinet specifically in Plano, Texas.
This company should be the last to join on your list, if you are looking for a long term career. Don't get me wrong, our firewalls are doing good in the market so far and you will learn a lot once you join but the managers such as Scott V. who open fake positions and waste people's time and money while they already have a short list of their new hires should be questioned and I think this is illegal and unethical.
They won't explicitly say it but they only want to hire citizens to work federal cases all the time and/or H1Bs (mostly Indians) to have them work like slaves (since their future can be at risk anytime). So if you are one of those folks, you have a big chance to get a job (assuming it’s not a fake position as mentioned above) Read other reviews for more info. We will be quitting by the end of this year or early next year.
We are leaving bad managers, not the company.
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Fortinet (Plano, TX) in Aug 2019
Interview
I won't say much as most had been covered by previous candidates.
The only thing that I liked the most was the in-person technical interview, no bs questions like "where do you see yourself in x years type questions", a good 3 hours of routing and switching questions and a little bit of security and firewall. If you have a strong foundation of CCNA R/S and Security topics, you will nail this interview.
What would have made me decline their offer is not the salary entirely, but their hiring process and possibly how the TAC managers treat their teams here in the Americas (read other reviews). They were some red flags early in the process, the hiring managers there in Plano have worst to zero communication skills, you will need to send 2-3 emails before they can respond to you. It took them weeks to make their decision after all interviews and stuff. (Looks like a good number of folks had the same experience)
This had to be the worst hiring process I have ever experienced in my career. If you can't show respect to your soon to become team members, no one will want to work for you period - you are leaving a negative impression of your hiring practices. However, kudos to the guy who conducted the technical interview.
What need to be done: someone in the upper HR will need to review this hiring process before things go out of hand. We were really surprised by the hiring process of a big company like Fortinet.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Just make sure you mastered your core route/switch topics.
No need to memorize questions if you don't understand well the technologies because you will get busted pretty quickly.
I applied online. The process took 2+ months. I interviewed at Fortinet (New York, NY) in Nov 2018
Interview
First interview with professional services manager, then PS team. After that , another interview with TAC team. Interview itself is ok. Fortinet doesn't understand how hiring process works. They don't bother to inform you any decisions they make. I eventually took another offer after waiting a month. I didn't bother to enquire. Fortinet has no respect for candidates.