I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Forcepoint
Interview
Applied online though LinedIn. Was contacted after a couple of weeks for a first phone basic interview (run through CV and experiences). It was followed by a 1hour interview with the direct manager, who dug deeper on my experiences and motivation with some behavioural questions. The last two steps have been a quick phone call foreign language check (the position required to fluently speaking 2 languages) and a video interview with the Area VP. Got the offer after a few days but declined for personal reasons. Overall, the experience was very positive, relaxing, and everyone was super nice and helpful.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Forcepoint (Austin, TX) in Feb 2015
Interview
At the time, Websense was owned by Vista Equity Partners, which used their “best practices” methodology in their portfolio companies. It was a smooth process under Vista. Phone screen with HR, in-office test (computer administered - personality inventory and general cognitive ability (IQ, but you can’t say that word), and then in-person interviews with 4 people from department. Call back for final interview with CMO. Offer shortly after.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
As Websense, the product was shifting from a fairly basic, easy-to-sell, profitable and popular “shrinkwrapped” software product to a sophisticated security suite. Many of their channel partners did not have the technical / security expertise for the new product, and had to be dropped as resellers of the old product. Some were quite vocal in the press and bad-mouthing the company and the new product. How would I counter the criticism?
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Forcepoint (Minneapolis, MN) in Oct 2018
Interview
Went through basic HR prescreening then had a two-hour virtual onsite interview.
Started with half an hour with the hiring manager. He asked generic behavioral and teamwork questions. He explained the company history and how they use "Agilefall".
Next, an hour of technical questions with 4 software engineers. Lots of generic Java OOP questions, a little bit on JavaScript, security protocols and cryptography, and one about regex.
Next, half an hour with another manager which felt like a repeat of the first half hour.
The entire process was pretty easy and straightforward. I wouldn't want to work there because they're still in an old fashioned waterfall-like environment. Most devs and QA are offshore, out of state, and 35+ years old.