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Updated 30 Jul 2024

SentinelOne Senior Staff Engineer Interview Experiences

1 interview found

Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed in Jan 2024. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. In place string manipulation.
  • Ans. 

    In-place string manipulation refers to modifying a string without using extra memory space.

    • In-place string manipulation involves directly modifying the characters of the original string without creating a new string object.

    • Examples include reversing a string in place, converting all characters to uppercase in place, or removing whitespace in place.

    • For example, to reverse a string in place: start with two pointers at th...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. OS, Kernel related questions
Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Multi Threaded File Processing.
Round 3 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Previous Project Related. Coding on synchronization.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Good Interview Question. Requires good OS kernel fundamentals. Medium leet code. File system related system design.

Skills evaluated in this interview

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Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. Background, relevant skills

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - good, it was very smooth, very charming
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I appeared for an interview before Mar 2024, where I was asked the following questions.

  • Q1. System Design questions
  • Q2. SQL theory & pgm questions
  • Q3. Python programs
  • Q4. Normalization Pgms

I applied via Recruitment Consulltant and was interviewed in Aug 2022. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Concurrency related general question

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Concurrency related questions, prepare well on multithreading, locks.
Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Hard
Process Duration
-
Result
Not Selected

I applied via Approached by Company and was interviewed in Jul 2024. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

It was a 1 hour Technical screening round, coding question in java (you cna choose your own language). They asked a difficult version of regex matching question (Leetcode medium-hard).

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Time Window Map
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
-
Result
-

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed in Oct 2024. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

1 hour duration. Sliding window problem. On hacker rank platform. Expected to write a working code and solve it optimally/scalable solution.

Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Again a coding test. LLD + hash map. 1 hour on hacker rank.
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Approached by Company and was interviewed before May 2022. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
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Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. How can we improve the performance of a Front End System
  • Ans. 

    Improving Front End System Performance

    • Optimize images and reduce their size

    • Minimize HTTP requests and use caching

    • Use lazy loading for images and videos

    • Reduce the number of DOM elements

    • Use a Content Delivery Network (CDN)

    • Minimize the use of external scripts and plugins

    • Use asynchronous loading for scripts

    • Optimize CSS and JavaScript files

    • Use browser caching

    • Implement server-side rendering

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  • Q2. What is Event Loop and give an example on how it works.
  • Ans. 

    Event Loop is a mechanism that allows JavaScript to handle multiple tasks simultaneously.

    • Event Loop is a part of JavaScript runtime that continuously checks the call stack and the task queue.

    • It prioritizes the tasks in the queue and pushes them to the call stack when it's empty.

    • This allows JavaScript to handle I/O operations and other asynchronous tasks without blocking the main thread.

    • Example: setTimeout() function ad...

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Keep focusing on basics, JavaScript is a must, no matter what framework you use.

Skills evaluated in this interview

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

I applied via Referral and was interviewed before Apr 2023. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. 2 question on Data structure and algorithms (easy-medium and medium level questions)
  • Q2. Related to array and matrix
Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. This also contained discussion on last company project and some basic question regarding different tech stack used. Then asked 2 questions on Data structure and algorithms (both medium level questions)
  • Q2. Related to stack and linked list
Round 3 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. This was the Hiring Manager round. He asked different questions related to general programming like - Rest, Http, Websockets, TCP. Asked some questions from past company projects. Then asked one easy-mediu...
  • Q2. Programming and Math related topics

Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for Tokopedia Software Engineer interview:
  • Data Structures
  • Algorithms
  • Programming
  • Operating Systems
Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Should be well prepared for Data structure and Algorithm questions
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Hard
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected
Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. 2 DSA leetcode (1 medium , 1 hard)
Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Same round 1 2 DSA leetcode questions (1 hard , 1 medium)
Round 3 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. It was the hiring manager round, it started with the LRU cache algorithm and went deep in the system design

SentinelOne Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in SentinelOne Senior Staff Engineer interview?
SentinelOne interview process usually has 3 rounds. The most common rounds in the SentinelOne interview process are Technical.
What are the top questions asked in SentinelOne Senior Staff Engineer interview?

Some of the top questions asked at the SentinelOne Senior Staff Engineer interview -

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  3. Multi Threaded File Processi...read more

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