I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Okta in Mar 2024
Interview
I was referred to the position by an old classmate. I participated in all the interview stages and made it to the final round.
First round was a 30 minute HR screening.
Second round was a 1 hour technical interview which consisted of a standard coding challenge.
Third round was comprised of four one-hour long interviews with multiple members of the team. First interview was technical, second interview was technical, third was with an EM, fourth was with an EM.
The process was so long and convoluted and took up so much of my time and energy. The technical interviews were redundant and a four hour third round is way too much to ask of a prospective candidate. In ten years in this industry, this was by and far the most convoluted interview process I have ever participated in.
After all was said and done, I had to wait a full week to receive an automated response informing me I did not get the position. After all the time and energy, they couldn't even take the time to write me a personal note.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Your experience and background, typical HR stuff. Technical stuff was a smattering of leetcode style questions.
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.