Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Tenable as 100% positive with a difficulty rating score of 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Systems Engineer and rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Systems Engineer and roles were rated as the easiest.
The hiring process at Tenable takes an average of 30 days when considering 1 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Systems Engineer had the quickest hiring process (on average 30 days), whereas Systems Engineer roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 30 days).
Recruiter was un responsive to say the least, taking days to respond, then respond on weekend
Interview was ridiculous, calculating bits and bytes, with power 2 calculations, both me and interviewer knew it's a no, so why continue?
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Memory management while being accurate on the byte
I applied through other source. I interviewed at Tenable (Columbia, MD) in May 2026
Interview
Still in process - just passed my 1st interview with the recruiter which went smoothly, It was a casual conversation, talked abt my previous work experience and the main goal was to check whether the candidate is a good cultural fit.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why I was leaving my current company and why Tenable.
I applied online. I interviewed at Tenable (Columbia, MD) in Mar 2026
Interview
First, there is a behavioral interview with a hiring manager. Next, two technical interviews with pseudo coding. Finally, one system design. The interview is conversational. Emphasis is placed on your reasoning and not necessarily compilable code.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Technical: 1) Cache question. 2) Traverse file in batches.
System Design: notification system