Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Safaricom as 100% positive with a difficulty rating score of 3.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Products Engineer and NOC Engineer rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Products Engineer and NOC Engineer roles were rated as the easiest.
The hiring process at Safaricom takes an average of 60 days when considering 2 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for NOC Engineer had the quickest hiring process (on average 60 days), whereas NOC Engineer roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 60 days).
Shortlisted for the position and progressed to the first round interview call, where I discussed my experience, technical skills, and background while learning more about the role and wider team.
1st stage is codility, 2nd stage is with the hiring team, and lastly the HR. The HR interview is mainly behavioural. The hiring team which will be tech in this case will mainly center around System Design.
I applied in-person. I interviewed at Safaricom (Nairobi) in Apr 2026
Interview
Quite technical that requires good experience in both DWDM and IPRAN .For the scenario based interview questions you must have some strong troubleshooting skills. Prepare also on the clock synchronizations, both PTP and SynchE