Symantec 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 Symantec.
Symantec
Software Engineer Intern
Intern Difficult Positive experience Accept offer 3 rounds
Interview process
Onsite Recruiter call
Interview formats
Technical Coding
My resume got selected, and then I was called onsite. I had 3 rounds of interviews onsite with each person in the team. The Hiring Manager called the next day, and gave me a complicated problem to solve.
Confirmed questions2 questions
- Basic Perl questions such as how to open and read a file.
- Basic Bash questions such as how to open and read a file.
Symantec
Software Engineer
Entry Easy Positive experience Accept offer 1 round
Interview process
Recruiter call
Interview formats
Technical
questions asked were very simple. prepare your introduction and get familiar with basic technical terms in theory, that should be enough to get recruited. all the best, do well, hope you get recruited.
Confirmed questions1 question
- Which debugger would you use for malware binary reversing?
Symantec
Software Engineer
Intern Average Negative experience No offer 1 round
Interview process
Technical screen
Interview formats
Technical Coding
It was a very short process with just two technical questions, and then it was over. No phone or online interviews were involved. This happened after a career fair. That's all there is to say.
Confirmed questions1 question
- Can you search a split sorted array?
Symantec Software Engineer Interview Questions
Quoted word for word from Symantec interview reports.
“Can you search a split sorted array?”
Read reports →“What are API Gateways?”
Read reports →“Which debugger would you use for malware binary reversing?”
Read reports →“What is Serialization?”
Read reports →“Explain the booting sequence for threads and processes.”
Read report →“Can you demonstrate how to perform a search using the bubble sort algorithm?”
Read report →“Can you explain NIO?”
Read report →“What are the core computer science fundamentals?”
Read report →“Can you demonstrate how to open a file, read its contents, and then sort them?”
Read report →Formats, difficulty and experience
Across all 14 Symantec interview reports.