J'ai postulé en ligne. Le processus a pris plus d'une semaine. J'ai passé un entretien chez Okta (Apex, NC) en mars 2022
Entretien
Started with a standard HR screening process. Short 15 minute call to see why I was interested, salary and a bit of my experience. She also detailed out the interview process going forward:
1. 30-40 zoom interview
2. 30 technical interview
3. 45 minutes Presentation interview
4. 30 minutes VP
Everything seemed fine. I did get to go to the first interview, however I did not love the experience with the interviewer (l I think he would have been my supervisor) he seemed like he was in a hurry and had something better to do than be on the call.
He asked many standard behavioral questions but he seemed like he just wanted to go through them quickly instead of hearing my stories and elaborate on them. I think he wasn’t too convinced of my experience given I come from a technical support background and he might have been looking for someone with more pre-sales background (but that’s just a guess).
The next day I got the email that I would not be moving forward. At least they contacted me…
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
-What do you do in your current role?
- What tools have you worked with?
-what do you do in your spare time?
- where do you see yourself in 3 years?
- what compensation/salary are you expecting? (This one kinda threw me off because they asked me again after the HR screening process)
J'ai postulé en ligne. J'ai passé un entretien chez Okta
Entretien
3 to 4 rounds includes tech challenge and manager round as well and basics of domain knowledge and the tool knowledge and the sales skills you have to showcase it on the demo with the panelist
J'ai postulé via la recommandation d'un employé. Le processus a pris 3 mois. J'ai passé un entretien chez Okta (Tokyo) en févr. 2024
Entretien
There were total of 4 steps in the interview process.
- HR Screening 30 mins
- SE Director 30 mins
- SE Manager 30 mins
- Product Demo & Presentation 1 hr
A pdf guidance was given for the demo which I made sure to follow strictly. The feedback was that my demo did not focus on features and functions, which in today's world is essentially a taboo to be going the way of product-selling route.
This sort of feedback convinced me to have not met their expectations and that it is a good thing I did not. They need to up their game and shift more towards solition-selling motion if scaling their business is a thing for them.
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
An example of working cross-functionally to close a large deal.
What makes a good SE?
Any experience with authentication framework? (ex. SAML, OAuth, etc.)
Had plenty of calls with HR, Hiring Manager and other colleagues.
After the first call with Hiring Manager I got lots of informations about his job, but he didn’t ask me, what I‘m doing right now.
The other calls were quite interesting and I got many tips and tricks for my SE presentation.
The feedback for my presentation was, they didn’t feel it.
I really just tried to use all tips and tricks, but it was not „natural“, the Hiring Manager told me.
Okta is a really interesting product and has lots of room to expand.
Unfortunately I wasn’t the right SE for them.
I wish they would have said it early and not wasted three month of my time.
Questions d'entretien [4]
Question 1
What ports need to be open on your firewall to use Okta?