I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Flexential (Colorado Springs, CO) in Dec 2025
Interview
I don’t think everything was explained to me transparently when being considered for the role. I wanted to speak with a team member to get a sense of the environment and culture and that wasn’t allowed???? I don’t think the TA process is very linear and I wish I had been kept more in the loop throughout.
I applied online. I interviewed at Flexential (Richmond, VA) in Jul 2025
Interview
Two interview process: the screener and the on-site. I'm not sure if they were urgently hiring for the position or if it is their overall process, but moving through each stage of the process was relatively quick - there was only about a week in between each stage.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I was impressed that I was asked what the deciding factors would be if I were to receive two competing but identical offers - it shows they actually care about being a good fit for their candidates.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Flexential
Interview
First was a recruiter phone screen with a few questions to determine baseline knowledge. Mostly networking questions.
The more formal interview was ~2.5 hours long. It had a large array of questions about different networking ideas, terminologies, and principles. That was a large bulk of the questions with about 25% being general Linux, VMWare, and windows server questions. Then there is a white board of diagnosing and fixing a few network issues. Overall a large bit of questions but the interviewers were very friendly and I could tell they are looking more for thought process and reasoning than do you know everything under the sun.
Beware they are looking to hire for either a morning 12 hour shift or a night 12 hour shift with weekend coverage as well. They seem to run almost 24/7 and I feel this should be mentioned on the phone screen instead of at the end of the formal interview as I would not have gone that far into the interview. I also feel my offer was low based on qualifications wanted and needed to pass interview process and that seems to be a running trend with other employees on their glass door reviews.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Honestly too many to list all here. If you have a CCNA and remember a majority of the material you will be fine.