I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Cyera (Tel Aviv-Yafo) in Mar 2026
Interview
first there was a phone call and then in the office itself with the interview was to design s3 scanning and tell about personal project and nice chat with the interviewer
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Cyera (Tel Aviv-Yafo) in Dec 2024
Interview
The process started with an initial HR interview, which mainly covered my background. After that, I was invited to an on-site, technical interview with the team leader, which lasted about 1.5 hours.
The interviewer was professional and friendly, and the technical discussion was interesting.
I was asked to design a system that tracks files from S3, given two API endpoints with specific response schemas.
However, after the interview, HR called to inform me that I wasn’t moving forward due to a lack of experience in cloud technologies and Kubernetes. This feedback felt irrelevant because I had already mentioned my level of experience in these areas in advance. If these were strict requirements, it would have been more efficient for both sides to filter this out earlier rather than inviting me to a full interview.
Overall, while the interview itself was fine, the process felt like a waste of time due to misaligned expectations. Clearer initial screening criteria would improve the candidate experience.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Explain about a project you designed and developed
Design a system that tracks files stored in S3. Given two API endpoints—one that lists the files and another that provides details such as file size—design a system that counts the total number of files and calculates their combined size.