Optiva Software Engineer Interview Questions
& Process
Real candidates share what happened, how many rounds they had,
and how the experience turned out.
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Candidate interview experiences
First-hand accounts from people who interviewed at Optiva.
Optiva
Principal Software Engineer
Staff Average Positive experience Accept offer 3 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Take home Technical screen
Interview formats
Coding Technical Behavioral
Had an HR call first. Then a take-home assignment, which was an easy coding task. After that, a technical interview with the hiring manager and a principal engineer. Overall, it was a good interview experience. The assignment wasn't difficult and didn't require a huge time commitment. The engineering manager was good at assessing skills through a friendly technical chat.
Confirmed questions1 question
- In a production environment, how would you tackle a performance issue?
Optiva
Software Engineer
Entry Average Negative experience No offer 3 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Take home Technical screen Offer
Interview formats
Technical Coding
I applied on Linkedin and after they reviewed my profile, the HR contacted me for an assessment. A week or two later, I got the assessment link. After I cleared it, they sent me a link for a technical interview with a lead engineer and a manager. They were both from different countries and the experience was top-notch, more of a discussion. I was amazed by how knowledgeable the interviewers were. The next day, I got a call saying I was selected, but they didn't release the offer letter and kept me waiting. I called the HR multiple times about the offer letter status, and she kept saying not to worry, it would just be delayed. After a month, she called saying they might have an open position and discussed salary and joining date again. But 3-4 days later when I contacted the HR again, she told me I wouldn't be getting the offer letter because other candidates were asking for much less than I was, and my expectations were too high. She said that's just how the company culture is and it's my decision if I want to join.
Confirmed questions2 questions
- Can you write code to handle conversion between Camel Case and Snake Case?
- Do you recall the second programming question?
Optiva
Software Engineer
Senior Average Positive experience Accept offer 2 rounds
Interview process
Phone screen Onsite
Interview formats
Presentation Technical Coding System Design
The whole interview process wrapped up in a week, ending with the final F2F interview. It was a really good interview experience, no paper or pencils involved, we coded on a board. After the telephonic interview, they invited me for the face-to-face interview, which had a panel of two interviewers.
Confirmed questions7 questions
- Can you give a presentation about your current project, detailing its workings and your specific contributions?
- How would you design the server-side of a chat application to manage a fixed number of clients, and what system calls would be involved?
- Could you design a Logger class, implementing the Singleton design pattern, and provide the ST class with an explanation?
Optiva Software Engineer Interview Questions
Quoted word for word from Optiva interview reports.
“How can we design code to detect memory leaks by overloading the new and delete operators?”
Read reports →“Could you write pseudo code to sort a string and explain the algorithm?”
Read reports →“Tell me about garbage collection in Java.”
Read reports →“What is the Observer design pattern, and why and how would you use it?”
Read reports →“Can you write code to handle conversion between Camel Case and Snake Case?”
Read report →“How would you design the server-side of a chat application to manage a fixed number of clients, and what system calls would be involved?”
Read report →“Could you design a Logger class, implementing the Singleton design pattern, and provide the ST class with an explanation?”
Read report →“Explain various C++ concepts including copy constructor, assignment operator, constructors, volatile, polymorphism, and the VTABLE-VPTR mechanism.”
Read report →“Can you explain the SOLID principles?”
Read report →Formats, difficulty and experience
Across all 13 Optiva interview reports.