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Candidate-reported interview insights

ArcSight Interview Questions

Explore commonly reported questions, interview rounds, difficulty, duration, and candidate experiences at ArcSight.

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Interview overview

Difficulty

Average

Average rounds

3

Difficulty and candidate experience

Interview difficulty

easy9.1%
average77.3%
difficult13.6%

Candidate experience

negative45.5%
positive40.9%
neutral13.6%

Candidate-reported interview process

It was a three-stage process: two phone screens and then a 4-hour interview. The phone screens were pretty straightforward, but the in-person one felt a bit chaotic. The questions they asked didn't always seem to relate to the job, and honestly, I didn't get a great impression of the leadership team.

We had a phone screen first, then an on-site face-to-face interview. During the face-to-face, about 6-7 people interviewed me, asking different coding questions and questions about my previous job. A heads-up if you're on an H-1B visa: be cautious when accepting offers.

I interviewed with the manager for the role, who is the SVP of Services. I also met with the VP of Marketing, VP of Product Management, several peers, and the CEO. The VP of Marketing gave a really good presentation about the product and services. They even invited me to their conference so I could meet more managers and learn about the products and customers. The HR and recruiting director were super helpful and got the interviews set up really quickly.

Common ArcSight interview questions

A focused selection of the most detailed candidate-submitted questions.

  1. 1

    How did you segment the various target customers - Large vs. Medium Enterprise in order to develop a pricing structure/model?

  2. 2

    Explain Java concurrent garbage collection, parallel garbage collection, and heap garbage collection behavior.

  3. 3

    What is your software experience, and can you demonstrate your ability to quickly learn new software?

  4. 4

    Explain Java Garbage Collection types: Parallel and Concurrent garbage collection

Interview question formats

Technical34%
Behavioral26%
Coding26%
System Design8%
Other4%

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Interview information is based on candidate reports and may not represent the current official hiring process of ArcSight.