I applied in-person. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Okta
Interview
1. Initial HR screen
2. 60 mins technical phone screen
3. 5 virtual on-site (3 coding+1system design+Hiring mgr.)
Initial HR and phone screen were good. The interviewer was very considerate. But it all gone to south in virtual on-site. Interviewer were least interested in taking interview. Very adamant wrt. the approach interviewee should take to solve problems. They keep interrupting while solving problem though I was speaking my logic out every step of the way. Also I felt the team was very disjointed. Remember in interview it’s both way gauging process.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. 1st phone round had verbose question statement. The question can be solve by using any of DFS or BFS algos
2. 3 technical on-site interviews had
a. Most famous LL question on caching
b. Simple binary tree question
c. Dijkstras Algorithm based question
d. Dynamic programming based on string
3. System design was typical.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Okta in Apr 2026
Interview
First was phone call with HR then coding round. Next was 2 hours of system design and advance coding round 1 hour each. Finally, 30 mins call with Hiring manager. Interviewers were very attentive and process was smooth.
It was 3 rounds: Hiring manager, DSA and system design. Started with recruiter call then moved ahead accordingly.DSA round was medium leetcode and system design involved complete end to end cases
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Okta in Mar 2026
Interview
1. Recruiter reached out
2. 30-min hiring manager interview
3. Codesignal coding assessment
I haven't got into system design rounds yet after coding assessment, and I was ghosted by my recruiter.
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