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CyberArk Senior Engineer Interview Questions and Answers

Updated 10 Jul 2021

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I applied via Recruitment Consultant and was interviewed in Oct 2020. There were 3 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Some hands on coding and some questions from resume

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Avoid giving interview in this company as even after answering all questions you may get rejected just because they will not like the way you code.

They have the feeling that they are the only one who writes better indented code.
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Easy
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
-

I applied via Referral and was interviewed before May 2023. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Questions were mostly related to Django Rest Framework and internal working of it, apart from that there were questions related to Django ORM.
  • Q2. Given an API request how would to resolve the space issue that is happening with GET
  • Ans. 

    To resolve space issue with GET API request, consider pagination, compression, caching, and optimizing query parameters.

    • Implement pagination to limit the number of results returned in each request.

    • Use compression techniques like Gzip to reduce the size of the response data.

    • Implement caching mechanisms to store frequently accessed data and reduce the number of requests.

    • Optimize query parameters to only request necessary

  • Answered by AI
Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Complete resume based questions
  • Q2. You must me thorough of what you have mentioned in your resume.

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Coding Test 

60 mins interview with 2 leetcode coding questions

Round 2 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Why leaving current company to join here?
  • Ans. 

    I am seeking new challenges and opportunities for growth in a company that aligns with my career goals.

    • Seeking new challenges and opportunities for growth

    • Alignment with career goals

    • Excited about the company's vision and values

  • Answered by AI

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed in Sep 2020. There was 1 interview round.

Interview Questionnaire 

6 Questions

  • Q1. Data structure and C++
  • Q2. Reverse Linked list
  • Q3. Multi threaded queue
  • Q4. Design pattern
  • Q5. Basic C++ concepts
  • Q6. Puzzles

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Solve data structure problems
Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Keep your resume crisp and to the point. A recruiter looks at your resume for an average of 6 seconds, make sure to leave the best impression.
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Round 2 - Coding Test 

Easy problem on java

Round 3 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Technical discussion

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Prepare well on the CV details

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed in May 2022. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

Logical reasoning And aptitude test

Round 2 - Coding Test 

C++, python and Java programming

Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for Gen Software Engineer interview:
  • C++
  • Python
Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - I am interested for this company opportunity for giving me and I am so happy and giving me for work from home job
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Recruitment Consulltant

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Don’t add your photo or details such as gender, age, and address in your resume. These details do not add any value.
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Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Threading: Write and use a mutex?
  • Ans. 

    A mutex is a synchronization primitive that ensures only one thread can access a resource at a time.

    • Create a mutex object using the appropriate library or language-specific function.

    • Lock the mutex before accessing the shared resource to prevent other threads from accessing it.

    • Unlock the mutex after finishing the operation on the shared resource to allow other threads to access it.

    • Example: pthread_mutex_t mutex; pthread...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Find the memory leak in a given set of code.
  • Ans. 

    Identify memory leak in code

    • Check for any dynamically allocated memory that is not being freed

    • Look for any infinite loops or recursive functions that consume memory

    • Use memory profiling tools like Valgrind to detect leaks

    • Check for any global variables that are not properly managed

  • Answered by AI

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Hard
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Approached by Company and was interviewed before Oct 2022. There were 4 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Don’t add your photo or details such as gender, age, and address in your resume. These details do not add any value.
View all tips
Round 2 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Experience discussions
Round 3 - Coding Test 

Pair programming with engineer

Round 4 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Kubernetes practical applications
  • Ans. 

    Kubernetes is used for container orchestration, scaling, and management in cloud-native applications.

    • Automating deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications

    • Ensuring high availability and fault tolerance

    • Facilitating easy scaling of applications based on demand

    • Managing updates and rollbacks seamlessly

    • Supporting multi-cloud deployments

    • Example: Running microservices architecture on Kubernetes for a sca

  • Answered by AI

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Easy
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed in Aug 2024. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Dataweave logic questions

Round 2 - HR 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Basic HR questions
  • Q2. Prepare basic interview answers

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Easy and fast interview process

CyberArk Interview FAQs

How to prepare for CyberArk Senior Engineer interview?
Go through your CV in detail and study all the technologies mentioned in your CV. Prepare at least two technologies or languages in depth if you are appearing for a technical interview at CyberArk. The most common topics and skills that interviewers at CyberArk expect are AWS Cloud, DevOps, Jenkins, Kubernetes and Python Development.

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