J'ai postulé en ligne. J'ai passé un entretien chez Tanium
Entretien
I had a short video interview with the recruiter with some very general questions. They setup 2 different video calls for Leet Code (medium) problems that were timed and proctored. Just like my CS343 final exam -- 35 years ago! Leet Code may be great for people right out of school with no experience. But these are just coding puzzles that have nothing to do with the real world. No one asked me anything about my OS internals knowledge, network protocols, multiprocessing/multithreading synchronization, kernel drivers, debugging skills, the client-server systems I had designed ... none of that. They weren't the least bit interested in my resume. Apparently, I was too slow on their puzzles, so that ended the process. I never use this type of interviewing for senior level developers. A simple coding exercise that takes a few hours offline will demonstrate real-world skills with far better results.
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
Leet Code algorithm puzzles (medium level I believe).
J'ai postulé via un recruteur. Le processus a pris 2 jours. J'ai passé un entretien chez Tanium (Emeryville, CA) en août 2025
Entretien
I received a quick response based on my resume for an interview. The technical pre-screen was five very simple questions which I’m sure I answered correctly. The day after I received some canned response that I answered some of the questions incorrectly and they would not proceed. I believe it was due to my initial responses to commuting to the 2nd most crime ridden city in California 3x a week. Lucky for Mrs Midwest she’s grandfathered in to remote work. I would not have accepted if offered regardless, salary and benefits are well below market.
J'ai postulé en ligne. Le processus a pris 3 semaines. J'ai passé un entretien chez Tanium en juil. 2025
Entretien
Call with recruiter (7/8), which went well, got an email with next steps, I replied. Silence. I replied again on 7/14. Silence. Come 7/26 I get an email saying the position had been filled. So nice to be ghosted after such a positive phone call.
J'ai postulé via un recruteur. Le processus a pris 2 semaines. J'ai passé un entretien chez Tanium en août 2024
Entretien
The interview and offer process was quick. There were three pretty informal behavioral interviews, a system design interview, and a basic technical question that could be extended.
Everyone was quite friendly and willing to answer questions. The interviews with director and VP showed they were pretty technical which was fantastic!
The recruiters seemed very busy because I was interacting with three people. They couldn't match another offer I had and seemed to have little wiggle room with comp/title/perks like WFH.
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
Design a system similar to Tanium's endpoint monitoring system.