RSA Security 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 RSA Security.
RSA Security
Senior Software Engineer
Senior Difficult Positive experience Decline offer 4 rounds
Interview process
Technical screen Onsite Presentation
Interview formats
Coding Technical System Design Presentation
It was a pretty intense coding and architecture interview process with a big intro to the workflow. The whole thing took about four hours. There were several people involved, and each person had their own round of questions. It wasn't straightforward because they covered a lot of different topics, finishing up with a problem-solving question and then a big overview of the product architecture you'd be working on.
Confirmed questions1 question
- Why did you choose to become a developer in this specific programming language, and what led you to this career path?
RSA Security
Software Engineer
Entry Easy Negative experience No offer 3 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Phone screen Onsite Background check Offer
Interview formats
Technical Behavioral
I applied for this Software Engineer role and was quickly contacted by a recruiter. After a quick chat, I had a phone interview with the Hiring Manager. They seemed impressed, and I was invited for an onsite interview two weeks later. The onsite involved some basic Java questions. After the interview, the recruiter said the team liked me and they'd let me know about the final decision. I followed up for 4 weeks and eventually got a rejection, which I had to prompt them to give me. It took them a long time to tell me their decision, and they even reposted the job after rejecting me.
Confirmed questions4 questions
- Tell me about your experience with Java.
- What are your thoughts on Design Patterns?
- Can you solve the FizzBuzz problem?
RSA Security
Software Engineer
Mid Average Positive experience Accept offer 4 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Phone screen Onsite
Interview formats
Technical Behavioral Technical
Recruiter gave me a call and set up a phone screen with the hiring manager. It was nice chatting with the hiring manager and finding out more about the role. Then I went in for an onsite interview with the team I would be joining. There were 2 technical interviews, 1 technical + behavioral, and 1 managerial.
Confirmed questions6 questions
- Can you discuss multi threading and exception handling in Java?
- I have a print out of some production code, can you explain what you understand from it?
- What are your thoughts on Software Architecture?
RSA Security Software Engineer Interview Questions
Quoted word for word from RSA Security interview reports.
“How would you check for a palindrome string?”
Read reports →“Does the letter 'a' appear before the letter 'b'?”
Read reports →“What is the spread operator and how is it used?”
Read reports →“What are static variables and how do they work?”
Read reports →“Can you explain what a static class is?”
Read report →“Could you write a class for a matrix, and then create subclasses for it?”
Read report →“What are your thoughts on why Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) hasn't seen widespread adoption, and do you consider it a flawed approach?”
Read report →“Could you describe the types of security tests applicable to a web application?”
Read report →“Describe what race conditions are and how to handle them.”
Read report →Formats, difficulty and experience
Across all 31 RSA Security interview reports.