Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Proofpoint with 2.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 25% positive. To compare, the company-average is 59.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 21 days to get hired, when considering 4 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Proofpoint overall takes an average of 28 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Proofpoint as a Software Engineer according to 4 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 40%
One on one interview: 40%
Group panel interview: 20%
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Took nearly 2 months, 1 call with recruiter, 1 call with hiring manager (slightly technical), 1 call with staff engineer and 2 seniors, 1 more in person interview with 2 senior AI engineers.
I applied online. I interviewed at Proofpoint (Fort Collins, CO) in Apr 2026
Interview
Did a two hour coding project which was cool, for the initial job screening. It involved creating a app in C# and seemed to go pretty well. However the ghosted me after doing it, followed up on three separate occasions no response.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Proofpoint (Toronto, ON) in May 2022
Interview
HR screen, then 1 hr technical interview (basic data structures and algorithms), then another 2 hr technical interview (SQL questions, database concept questions). Also a small assessment/task in java to complete.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
SQL query questions. And database related questions.