zscaler

I recently went through the interview process for a Senior Staff Software Engineer role at Zscaler. I had read a few similar interview experiences beforehand, and unfortunately, my experience ended in a disappointing way.Here’s how the process went:

Stage 1: With a developer. Multiple questions about my projects, approaches handled for around 40minutes. Then, next 45 minutes I was asked to code rate limiting, and it should handle criteria like job effort, user limit, per day limit, per hour lim

Timeline - May 2026 YOE (then) : 8.5+ Years Current (Most Recent Company) : SMTS(IC3) at Oracle (Laid off in September 2025) College - Top Tier (Old IIT)Applied through referral, also directly applied to multiple jobs on their portal, Recruiter reach