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      Software Engineer Interview

      31 Jul 2020
      Anonymous interview candidate
      San Francisco, CA
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Okta (San Francisco, CA) in Jul 2020

      Interview

      The process is the usual for tech companies, but I will try to elaborate. 1) Initial call with recruiter (sourcer) to elaborate more on the role and see if it's a fit. Okta's recruiters, till the very end, had the best of intentions and were very friendly and easy to speak with. 2) Technical phone screen with another software engineer. This was a straight-forward algorithmic problem with one of their current engineers. They gave some time at the end to for me to ask questions. We had a good conversation about the company and what their experience had been, so I was more interested in the company after this round. Good feelings so far about Okta at this point. 3) Onsite (virtual) I had a combination of further technical screens based on my resume experience with potential teammates and meetings with the team's leadership. This was not a deal-breaker, but, definitely for this onsite, be prepared to stay "on" for several hours straight. The onsite process did not allow for many breaks, and meetings tended to overlap, which added up at the end of the day. The interviews were pretty nondescript and impersonal, which made it more difficult to get to know the team. Personally, I like to connect with individuals who could possibly become my co-workers. Latter part of the day, however, I had an interviewer that subtly belittled my past job experience and skillset, even while I was coding. This was the deal-breaker. Tl;dr for the reader: Remember you are interviewing the company/team too. I have previous wonderful co-workers who went on to work for Okta, so I don't want to attribute the above behavior to the company, but I do believe this was very unprofessional behavior on the interviewer's part. Wishing the best for those who are interviewing.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Signed a NDA before interview.
      Answer question
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      Software Engineer Interview

      17 May 2026
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Bengaluru
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Okta (Bengaluru)

      Interview

      3 rounds of interview first round is coding round taken by a principal engineer who asked a complex coding question not DSA but take complex json input parse it flaten it and make weighted average of the inputs and provide a output in a different format

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Coding question about data json handling and weighted average calculation
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      Software Engineer Interview

      22 Dec 2025
      Anonymous interview candidate
      No offer
      Neutral experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Okta

      Interview

      Interviewed in summer 2024. Talk with screener about job, role, etc. First stage was talk with Hiring Manager about exp. Second's home work, create backend service using their reqs, nothing complicated but time consuming. 3d stage arch decision talk with one of the engineers from target team (also security related questions, basic topics without depth). 4th and last interview was with Head of Department or some similar role, std behavioral questions, motivation talk, etc. Didn't pass last stage, reason unknown. 1.5 mos from first contact to the end. Neutral since last stage was terrible, weird talk, ghosted results (before were responsive).

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      What is Cross-Site Scripting and how to prevent it.
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      Software Engineer Interview

      31 Oct 2025
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Toronto, ON
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Okta (Toronto, ON)

      Interview

      Took 6 weeks for a single interview then never heard from again. Would wholeheartedly not recommend them to anyone ever. This is just too much for anyone to have to go through.

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