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McAfee Test Automation Engineer Interview Questions
& Process

Real candidates share what happened, how many rounds they had,
and how the experience turned out.

Based on 15 interview experiences · FREE TO READ

3 Rounds average
Difficult Typical difficulty
50% Positive experience

Candidate interview experiences

First-hand accounts from people who interviewed at McAfee.

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Software Development Engineer In Test

Engineering · more than a year ago

Mid Difficult Neutral experience Decline offer 5 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Phone screen Onsite Technical screen Background check Offer
Interview formats
Technical Coding Behavioral Presentation

The HR reached out, and we had an initial phone screening. After that, I went through 4 onsite interviews at McAfee's Bangalore office. If I passed those, there was a final director round. The entire onsite process lasted a full day. The interviewers were nice and helped with questions and code reviews. The overall process was quite delayed, and despite multiple attempts to contact HR, I didn't get any response or feedback. I was annoyed by the lack of communication. About 20 days later, HR finally got back to me and confirmed I passed all the rounds.

Confirmed questions5 questions
  • The phone screening involved manual and problem-solving questions. One problem was to determine if a string is a palindrome, and another was about manual test cases for a payment page.
  • For the onsite interviews, Round 1 focused on problem-solving with arrays and applying design patterns to a given model.
  • Round 2 involved problem-solving using strings and hashmaps.
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Software Development Engineer in Test

Engineering · more than a year ago

Entry Easy Positive experience No offer 4 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Technical screen Take home Technical screen Panel
Interview formats
Technical Coding System Design Behavioral

So, there were 4 rounds in total. The first one was a phone call where they asked me about test cases and scenarios. Then came the second round, which was a written test. They gave me a description of an application and I had to write functional, non-functional, and automation scripts for it. The third round focused on programming skills. They presented me with a programming problem, and after I provided a solution, they asked me to modify it. This was followed by questions on white box testing and code optimization. Finally, the fourth round was more of a verbal discussion, covering questions about Data Structures, puzzles, and my current role and work.

Confirmed questions2 questions
  • When does stack overflow occur and which variables are stored in the heap and stack?
  • Why do you want to leave your current company?
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McAfee

Software Development Engineer in Test

Engineering

Entry Difficult Positive experience Accept offer 5 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Technical screen Onsite Technical screen Background check Offer
Interview formats
Technical Coding Behavioral

The interview process starts with a telephonic round for a technical discussion. Following that, there's a face-to-face round where they explore your experience. Then comes a machine coding round where you'll tackle 3-5 programming problems focusing on threading, string manipulation, and OOPS concepts. After that, you'll have a round with the Hiring Manager to discuss your interest in the company. Finally, an HR round will cover CTC, joining date, and company policies.

Confirmed questions8 questions
  • Can you explain multi-threading concepts in Java?
  • What are OOPS concepts in Java?
  • Tell me about Web Technology.

McAfee Test Automation Engineer Interview Questions

Quoted word for word from McAfee interview reports.

When does stack overflow occur and which variables are stored in the heap and stack?

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Could you write code on a whiteboard to create the algorithm for word file history?

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Solve coding problems involving threading, string manipulation, and OOPS.

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Formats, difficulty and experience

Across all 15 McAfee interview reports.

Interview formats

Technical 34.1%
Coding 31.7%
Behavioral 29.3%
System Design 2.4%
Presentation 2.4%

Interview difficulty

Easy 6.7%
Average 33.3%
Difficult 60%

Candidate experience

Positive 50%
Neutral 21.4%
Negative 28.6%