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      Technical Account Manager Interview

      16 Aug 2017
      Anonymous interview candidate
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at Tanium in Jun 2017

      Interview

      Started off with a interview with the recruiter. He was very intent on getting my current salary which is covered by a NDA and he put a lot of pressure on my to violate that NDA - huge red flag. Other than that, standard recruiter screening. I interviewed with a hiring manager a week or so later. This went very well with some light technical discussion, a lot about the day to day work and how to deal with it. Following that is a technical review where 3 Tanium employees get you to play stump the chump. For those that don't know, that's "the act of challenging a person in the spotlight in an attempt to make he or she appear foolish." This was exemplified by showing 6 very small code snippets (5 lines) that implemented a loop and asking me to identify the language used to code the loop. I got 2 but I'm not familiar enough with so many languages to identify it from only 5 lines of code so I missed 4 (maybe I got one other, I don't know). You'll see variables used for purposes not intended (I haven't see this kind of thing since college) so brush up on booleans, integers, and strings in addition to hashtables. You need to walk a very fine line here as you demonstrate your technical knowledge without making it appear too advanced. For example, there is a lot of use of hashtables and one code snippet I walked through relied on error control of collisions during insertions. I asked about chaining and exploring that comment made it clear they didn't know what I was talking about. The eye rolling and other facial expressions at that time was a pretty bad sign. Consequently, restrict all your answers to only the code presented without speaking to any better way of doing it. Be very sure you do not criticize the code presented. Being a technical review of coding ability, I made the mistake of pointing out some best practice violations and the interviewer that presented the code became *visibly* upset making a couple of snarky and derogatory comments toward me (this was the moment I knew I was not getting past this stage.). You'll also get a lot of questions about how to monitor and handle applications that are "bad actors". This stems from the architecture of Tanium where code runs listening constantly for requests on the end point under the logged in user ID and requires a database on each end point as well (multi GB in enterprise installs). Speaking with several Tanium customers, I understand this is causing significant issues on virtual servers (this architecture is why Tanium is not available on mobile devices as it destroys battery life and data plan usage.). The interview around this issue will come off very much like a consulting session as they look for answers on how to monitor and deal with it - especially on using a third system outside of the communication chain to analyze why servers are failing. Honestly, if you talk about this more than 15-20 minutes you should consider billing them. I did discuss salary and we settled on $140,000/year with bonuses that made total annual compensation around $200,000 (last year's bonus was $60,000). This is way out of line with industry norms, about 75% above normal market valuation at other companies, so I'm not sure what's going on with this and why, at that amount, they can't seem to fill positions.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Shown 6 code snippets 5 lines of code in each) and asked to identify language it was written in.
      3 Answers
      11

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      Technical Account Manager Interview

      17 Mar 2021
      Anonymous interview candidate
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at Tanium

      Interview

      As others have said, don't waste your time. I applied in January, and a recruiter reached out in March. I was still looking for the right fit, so I emailed back on a Wednesday accepting the interview invitation. No answer. I sent a follow up email the following Tuesday, and again no answer. I sent a final email Friday thanking them for their time and interest, and immediately received a response saying they were still interested and wanted to schedule an interview. Once we connected it seemed as though things were going well. The recruiter detailed the extremely thourough interview process, and moved me forward to a technical quiz. After passing that, she scheduled me with the VP of TAM, for the following week, and sent me a list of videos and resources about Tanium I should learn. I poured hours into their youtube channel, vimeo account, and more, and when I logged onto my interview the guy never even showed. I emailed the recruiter twice more, and then gave up. I like to be well prepared during the interview process, but apparently they don't. Hopefully they don't treat their accounts this poorly!

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

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      Technical Account Manager Interview

      2 Jan 2021
      Anonymous employee
      Sunrise, FL
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Tanium (Sunrise, FL) in Jan 2021

      Interview

      Interview process is extensive compared to other companies, but HR made it smoother. Guiding throughout all the steps and what to expect. First interview is the HR screening asking basic questions. Then u will do an online quiz, where u have 30seconds to answer each question: most about linux and windows concepts and very few about network ports. Third round is with an SVP (30mins) also non-technical questions, just to verify that you are a good fit. After that is the technical round (one hour) with three engineers from different support teams, they ask a lotttt Fifth round is with your direct report (30mins) asking non-technical questions. Sixth round (30mins) is with a director Would suggest to ask questions to them on every round

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      Technical Account Manager Interview

      25 Mar 2021
      Anonymous employee
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Tanium in Jan 2021

      Interview

      Fantastic process overall here. 1) Call with recruiter - They discuss the job duties, salary, benefits, career advancement options, and ask 5-10 technical questions. 2)Tech quiz - 30 seconds per question, maybe 20-30 questions. 3)Review of Tech quiz - Are you a good fit for current position? 4)Culture Interview with Regional VP / Global VP or similar 5)Tech Panel Interview - Go over your tech quiz, ask you a ton more questions. 6)Project Manager / Director Interview - Go over some more job duties / other thoughts 7)Direct manager interview - Culture, Tech, customer service etc.. Throughout the process, my recruiter gave me a call and/or an email in between each to discuss, gather feedback and answer any questions I had. It was a white glove treatment, and showed how they take care of their employees, as well as prospective employees. Thank you Laureise! :)

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