I applied online. I interviewed at Proofpoint (Sydney) in Jan 2025
Interview
Initial Phone Screen Call with HR , phone chat with hiring manager, an interview with hiring manager, Skills Assessment plus Role‑Play, Panel Interview, Final Interview (Director or VP of Sales), Reference Checks, Offer Stage
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What’s your sales process?
How do you handle objections?
Why should we hire you?
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 other source. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Proofpoint (Fairfax, VA) in May 2026
Interview
Very long screening process where they have you talk to the hiring manager, her boss, someone who was in the role and counterpart. Very short interviews with no meaningful questions. After all this was told they were moving on to people more closely aligned to their needs. Very frustrating experience especially because this was a role I could have done with my eyes closed. The least they could do is share why they did not think I was a good fit.
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