FireEye Interview Questions
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FireEye
Consultant
Mid Average Positive experience No offer 5 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Onsite
Interview formats
Behavioral
The interview went very smoothly. Interviewers were all incredibly knowledgeable and easy to talk to. Seemed interested in me and my answers. The recruiter was also helpful and responsive over the course of the many interviews.
Confirmed questions1 question
- Describe a situation at work where you faced a challenge and explain how you handled it.
FireEye
Technical Support
Intern Average Negative experience No offer 4 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Phone screen Technical screen Technical screen
Interview formats
Behavioral Technical
It was a monotonous process. The first interview was a recruiter asking basic questions. Then, I interviewed with the hiring manager. The next two interviews were technical, and they were unprofessional. No one used video on the Zoom call, which was strange. They just asked questions for 30 minutes each. The whole experience was underwhelming. They expect very specific answers and have high expectations for interns, who usually don't have field experience. I had to contact the recruiter to find out I didn't get an offer. I wouldn't recommend it.
Confirmed questions3 questions
- How would you rate your knowledge about specific operating systems?
- Questions involve Linux CLI.
- Behavioral troubleshooting questions about different operating systems.
FireEye
Technical Threat Intelligence Analyst
Mid Average Positive experience Accept offer 3 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Technical screen Onsite
Interview formats
Technical Behavioral
It was a pretty standard interview process with several rounds. They focused on technical questions and gauging my understanding of the current threat landscape. Since my background is in malware analysis, they asked specific questions about that. They also wanted to know about my past experience and what areas I'm interested in working on.
Confirmed questions5 questions
- Can you discuss networking concepts?
- What are the basics of malware analysis, both static and dynamic?
- What are the major cyber threats we face?
FireEye
Senior Software Engineer
Senior Average Neutral experience Decline offer 4 rounds
Interview process
Technical screen Technical screen Onsite Recruiter call
Interview formats
Technical Coding Technical Technical Coding System Design Behavioral Technical Behavioral
So, I had 3 technical rounds and then an HR round. Everything was remote because of COVID. The first tech interview was 1 hour, focused on language-specific stuff and some coding. The second tech interview, also 1 hour, was more about OOPs, data structures, algorithms, problem-solving, and some deep Python questions. Then the third round was with the hiring manager, which was 2 hours. Honestly, they were super rude and unprofessional, it was mostly technical (like 85%) with a bit of managerial stuff. They asked me a couple of algorithm questions and to understand some code. Finally, the HR round was 30 minutes for HR questions and salary talk. I decided not to take the offer because of how the manager behaved.
Confirmed questions2 questions
- Can you explain how Python dictionaries are stored in memory?
- Could you explain this code snippet (Merge Sort)?
FireEye Interview Questions
Quoted word for word from FireEye interview reports.
“How do you find all files with a .py extension starting from a given directory?”
Read reports →“Using Linux commands, how can you find all files named abc.txt that were updated in the last 4 days?”
Read reports →“Can you explain how to find the default gateway on a Linux system?”
Read reports →“What are common HTTP error codes, and what distinguishes PUT, POST, and GET requests?”
Read reports →“What is MySQL injection and what are the methods to prevent it?”
Read report →“There was a question about reversing digits of a number: A is formed by reversing the digits of B. B is 45 less than A. The sum of the digits of B is 9. What is A?”
Read report →“Could you develop a Python script designed to remove files that are more than 45 days old from a specified directory?”
Read report →“Can you parse a CSV file to extract elements from the nth column?”
Read report →“How would you find a recurring word or line in a large log file?”
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