I applied online. I interviewed at Okta (Bellevue, WA) in Oct 2020
Interview
Applied online and get response from recruiter very quickly.
First round is a tech phone screen, question is Leetcode easy/medium level and the interviewer is very nice. Managed to solve the problem 20min before the scheduled end time. Got the virtual onsite Interview request on the next day.
Virtual onsite consists of 3 tech interviews with senior/staff level engineers, hiring manager and the director. All of them were very nice and helpful, the questions are also not hard and I had enough time asking the questions about the team and the projects.
Got an offer a few days later. Declined because accepted another position better fit my background and career interest.
Thank you Okta for giving me a wonderful experience.
I applied online. I interviewed at Okta (Chicago, IL) in Sep 2020
Interview
I was contacted by a recruiter from LinkedIn, asked to apply. I had a phone interview with someone different than whom I was contacted by. The person I contacted by was not prepared for the interview. They didn't read my resume before the call, and they didn't ask me what my interests were. I applied for one role, pushed to interview for another. I pushed to interview for a manager's role, then asked no questions about managing teams or resources. I had to implement a b-tree on the fly, which was fine. The dev interviewer wasn't prepared, either. Just a strange experience.
I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Okta (New York, NY) in Mar 2020
Interview
The interview process was good and pretty trivial. One recruiter call followed by a phone interview and then onsite. The shame is all went well and then recruiter showed interest too but it was very hard to communicate with recruiter afterwards. After lots of follow-ups, I was told that the position is being revaluated. The worst thing was I had to let go of another offer because I was really looking forward to work for Okta. They still haven't got back to me after 2 months. I can understand the COVID-19 situation but no communication / update is no excuse.
The interviewers were nice and engaging but worst recruitment process.