I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Zscaler in Dec 2025
No offer
Negative experience
Difficult interview
Application
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Zscaler (Bengaluru) in Jul 2023
Interview
I had three technical rounds and then one hiring manager/director round. They put you to next round based on feedback of previous round. If you went till director round, that means the previous feedbacks were actually good and that's why you reached till there. But still, after director round, they said feedback was not positive so they cannot proceed. I had spent 4-5 hours in interview process and many more days for preparations. All the coding questions asked were answered and even compiled and executed properly as well. Still I got shocked when they said feedback is not positive.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Coding rounds consisted of questions from leetcode, multithreading, producer/consumer based and linked list sorted insertion.
Interviewer showed up late to interview, didn’t bother to introduce self beyond name. At end of interview when opportunity for questions came up, I noted that they didn’t say anything about how long he’s been there, what he does, etc.
During the coding question, they took a personal call and went off camera for 5 minutes. Then again later as well. During one of these absences I had clarification questions, which had to wait, and when they returned I asked the question verbally, twice, which they didn’t respond to. Only after asking “can you hear me?” did they finally respond.
It was clear throughout that the interviewers attention was everywhere but on the interview at hand. It was the most unprofessional interview I’ve ever experienced in 30 years of working.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
If an analog clock displaying 3:15, what is the angle difference between the hour & minute hands.
Given an integer x, return true if x is a palindrome, and false otherwise. With an added constraint of "Could you solve it without converting the integer to a string?"
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Zscaler
Interview
The interview was scheduled and well managed by the recruiters,
But the hiring team was very bad, they repeatedly rescheduled the call saying they were busy with their work and I obliged to continue with the interview. The first 3 are the technical rounds and then final hiring manager round.
After the final round, I was rejected saying I am not aligned to what they are looking for. they had ample opportunity to reject me beforehand , wasted my time after giving lot of hopes.
I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Zscaler (Hyderābād) in Dec 2024
Interview
I applied through a job portal, and it took about two weeks for my CV to be shortlisted. The recruiter reached out, gathered some basic details, and invited me for a first-round interview with the director/hiring manager on the same day. Up to this point, everything went smoothly.
Unfortunately, the interview experience was disappointing. The interviewer kept yawning throughout the session, which was surprising and unprofessional, especially coming from a senior person. It felt like he was uninterested in the process and just passing time.
As expected, my profile was rejected. After applying multiple times and finally getting a chance, it was disheartening to encounter someone who seemed to disregard the effort and preparation I put into the process.