I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Okta (San Francisco, CA)
Interview
Consisted of:
1. Recruiter call
2. Tech screen
3. Tech challenge/presentation on the results
4. Hiring manager interview
Okta stood out to me as having the most communicative and engaged recruitment process of any company I've interviewed for. Recruiters followed up when they said they would and were responsive to emails and phone calls. Overall, it really made me feel like the recruiter was on my side throughout the process.
Had plenty of calls with HR, Hiring Manager and other colleagues.
After the first call with Hiring Manager I got lots of informations about his job, but he didn’t ask me, what I‘m doing right now.
The other calls were quite interesting and I got many tips and tricks for my SE presentation.
The feedback for my presentation was, they didn’t feel it.
I really just tried to use all tips and tricks, but it was not „natural“, the Hiring Manager told me.
Okta is a really interesting product and has lots of room to expand.
Unfortunately I wasn’t the right SE for them.
I wish they would have said it early and not wasted three month of my time.
Interview questions [4]
Question 1
What ports need to be open on your firewall to use Okta?
I actually applied for 2 account manager roles at the same time. That evening at 9pm i received a rejection for one of them. I messaged the recruiter on linkedin , she set up a call. Then she cancelled twice last min. When i did finally get to talk to her the phone the interview went well. She advised me that she would be in touch in 4 days time as she had to talk to her manager. 3 weeks still haven't heard anything.