I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Okta (Dublin, Dublin) in Mar 2025
Interview
The Okta interview process typically begins with a recruiter phone screen to assess your background, interest in the role, and cultural fit. If successful, you’ll proceed to one or more technical or role-specific interviews, which may include coding challenges, system design discussions, or scenario-based questions depending on the position. Candidates often go through a panel interview involving team members and potential managers to evaluate technical skills, problem-solving abilities, and alignment with Okta’s core values. The process usually wraps up with a final interview or decision call to discuss next steps or offer details.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked 4 technical questions and 1 personal question.
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Okta in Apr 2025
Interview
Here were the steps
- Screening
- Manager Interview
- Code challenge that took about 7 hours to complete
- architecture design
The code challenge was complex. They asked me to design and implement an API to check permissions on a filesystem description as well as implement loop checking to see if a directory contains itself. The requirements were extensive and it took me the better part of a work day to finish it. They gave a 7 day window to complete the challenge.
In the architecture design they asked me to design an IP banlist that would maintain a list of IPs that are banned from accessing all systems within the company. The amount of time allotted was 45 minutes.
After all of this they wanted me to do another round to clarify my solution in the architecture design interview.
I was interviewing for a senior role however I would say, having run interviewing processes myself, that the amount of effort required is more what I would expect for a staff role. The payband was also low for the work that they described to me that was expected of the role.
Applied online through website/careers. Recruiter chat as 1st round. Next was coding challenge round for 1 hr with one of the sr. dev. It was unexpectedly an easy question, but if you're not prepared can look hard.
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