Tenable Test Automation 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 Tenable.
Tenable
Senior Software Development Engineer in Test
Senior Difficult Neutral experience Accept offer 6 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Phone screen Technical screen Technical screen Take home Onsite
Interview formats
Behavioral Technical Coding Other
It was a long interview process, spanning two months, with several different rounds. It started with an initial phone screen with talent acquisition, who was really helpful. Then, I had an interview with a senior engineer to discuss my CV and some technical questions. Next, I interviewed with two more senior engineers, focusing more on my technical skills and how I approach problems. Following that, another interview with a senior engineer centered on soft skills. A HackerRank take-home test followed, involving questions on extracting data from a REST API, creating a Selenium test for page elements, and a list iteration question. Finally, I had an interview with the team manager for a CV review and some technical questions about my abilities.
Confirmed questions5 questions
- Can you describe your method for testing a new product or feature?
- Tell me about your proficiency with Python.
- How would you go about extracting data from a REST API?
Tenable
Software Development Engineer in Test
Entry Average Negative experience No offer 4 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Phone screen Technical screen Offer
Interview formats
Technical Behavioral
Take the reviews seriously. The people here are not in sync, they don’t want to hire but to do time pass. They will ask something which is not in your cv but in their mind to prove that you are not good enough. And if they don’t something which you know still they will say you are wrong just because they are sitting on the other side of table. So unprofessional. After knowing your salary expectations. They will reject upfront that time itself. Worst people, if money was the problem they should have told there recruiters who had already discuss the salary. This is definitely not worth of your time and talent.
Confirmed questions1 question
- Questions not on your CV
Tenable
QA Automation Engineer
Entry Average Positive experience No offer 3 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Take home Technical screen
Interview formats
Coding Technical
I was VERY HAPPY with the service that I was given by the company, especially with Bethany Perlman, who was very helpful and accomodating through each stage of the interview process. The interview process moved quickly as well. After I applied, I got an email within two days to schedule a phone interview with her. After that, I had a online coding test through hackerrank to complete. Within two days of that I received an invite to a google hangout interview with two members of the team. That happened the following Tuesday and it seemed to go well and was a really awesome experience. I received a rejection email two days after the google hangout interview but was extremely happy with the recruitment process at tenable and really learned a lot!
Confirmed questions2 questions
- Can you merge two strings, for example, given "abc" and "def", produce "adbecf"?
- How would you sort an array of n integers based on the frequency of each number in ascending order, and then by the number itself in ascending order if frequencies are tied?
Tenable Test Automation Engineer Interview Questions
Quoted word for word from Tenable interview reports.
“Can you merge two strings, for example, given "abc" and "def", produce "adbecf"?”
Read reports →“How would you sort an array of n integers based on the frequency of each number in ascending order, and then by the number itself in ascending order if frequencies are tied?”
Read reports →“How would you go about extracting data from a REST API?”
Read reports →“What's your approach to writing a Selenium test to verify elements on a webpage?”
Read reports →“Can you explain a scenario involving list iteration?”
Read report →“Can you describe your experience testing microservices, specifically within a Kubernetes environment?”
Read report →“Can you describe your method for testing a new product or feature?”
Read report →“Tell me about your proficiency with Python.”
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