Took nearly 2 months, 1 call with recruiter, 1 call with hiring manager (slightly technical), 1 call with staff engineer and 2 seniors, 1 more in person interview with 2 senior AI engineers.
I applied online. I interviewed at Proofpoint (Fort Collins, CO) in Apr 2026
Interview
Did a two hour coding project which was cool, for the initial job screening. It involved creating a app in C# and seemed to go pretty well. However the ghosted me after doing it, followed up on three separate occasions no response.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Proofpoint (Toronto, ON) in May 2022
Interview
HR screen, then 1 hr technical interview (basic data structures and algorithms), then another 2 hr technical interview (SQL questions, database concept questions). Also a small assessment/task in java to complete.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
SQL query questions. And database related questions.