30 min prescreen phone call with the manager then 45 min on Teams with the manager and a team member. STAR questions and they had me explain how digital forensics tools work and data recovery processes. Brush up on that. Friendly atmosphere but they expect solid interest in the cybersecurity space.
Questions Asked
1.“Design a data structure that supports insert, delete and get random element in O(1)”
2.“How would you design a global single sign-on (SSO) authentication service?”
3.“Decode a run-length encoded string: e.g. '3a2b1c' → 'aaabbc'”
First half behavioral, interviewer didn't ask much just 3 questions but did ask me what kind of startup I would start if I were to build one. Second half technical with excel and coding on hackerrank
Software Developer
Waterloo, ON
Fall 2025Accepted
University of Waterloo · Computer Science
3rd year · 3.7+ GPA · 2 past internships
Average Interview
TechnicalMultiple roundsLive coding
LeetCode round was the main filter here. Phone screen, networking questions, LeetCode, final panel. Got the offer
Questions Asked
1.“Describe a time you influenced a major technical decision without formal authority.”
Software Developer
Waterloo, ON
Winter 2026Accepted
University of Waterloo · Computer Science
3rd year · 3.7+ GPA · 2 past internships
Easy Interview
TechnicalMultiple roundsVirtual
Phone screen then in person went into why Magnet Forensics some behavioral about deadlines
Questions Asked
1.“Given a list of words, find the length of the longest chain where each word is formed by inserting one letter”