Duo Security interview questions

The interview process was very smooth and everyone was really nice. It was a standard software engineering interview flow with a recruiter screen, engineering manager screen, phone technical interview, and finally, a flight to do a 5-hour set of on-site interviewing, consisting of technical and behavioral questions across many interviewers. The only negative feedback I have is that for my situation, it would have been helpful if they'd have been more up-front about wanting a more experienced candidate. I think I did very well in my interviews and made it to the very end, but they turned me down for lack of years of experience. This filtering could have been done much earlier. It made a big difference on my plans, as I had another offer to decide on and could have spent the time I spent with Duo with other companies instead. They even squeezed in another unplanned interview on top of the scheduled ones. In summary, I thought I had a legitimate shot at this position, but unfortunately the time on my resume was going to prevent it all along. I'd still recommend interviewing for Duo/Cisco. They are all very nice and it seems like a great place to work, especially in Michigan where great tech companies are few and far between.

The process took a couple of months. I spoke to a very polite and knowledgeable recruiter. I was then sent the first of two homework assignments. The first was a series of questions that would help them gauge my writing abilities and style. The questions weren’t all that difficult, I took my time and answered them to the best of my ability. I spoke to the hiring manager and talked mostly about my fit and about the product. The second homework assignment was to install the product and connect 2-3 of their standard connectors. Again, if you take your time and read the directions (and I mean really read them) it will turn out fine. I then presented the customer UI and the product itself to the hiring manager and a sales person. I then received a call from the recruiter telling me that I didn’t get the spot. He then told me that I did a fine job and that it was a choice between two people, and they chose the other person. I was very impressed that the reciter actually called me on the phone. He provided feedback, and then the bad news. I can’t tell you the last time that the recruiter called me instead of leaving me hanging or sending me an email.