I applied through university. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Fortinet (Vancouver, BC) in Aug 2017
Interview
I met with the VP of Quality Assurance from their Burnaby office. He was very rude and condescending. The interview was supposed to be 30 mins but he cut it short. I have open source experience with good companies and projects, but he didn't seem to understand what open source is and thought I was lying despite my GitHub being clearly provided. Overall he didn't seem to know anything about the industry but insisted on asking me quasi-technical questions. At the end of the interview he said he "was looking for someone who understands networking" without having asked any questions about networking. Really hope the rest of their executives aren't also rude and uninformed. Don't waste your time here.
10 MC, 4 coding. Haven't reached the next stage yet. But coding was in C and was okay just leetcode easy for first 2 and leetcode medium for the last 2.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Fortinet (Vancouver, BC) in Feb 2026
Interview
Horrible experience, especially with recruiting but also the attitude of the hiring team. Recruiters love to cold call with no heads up (only out of hundreds of companies who use standard emails) and are very disorganized, forgetting details about me and saying nothing about the team or company.
Process:
- 2.5 hour OA with complete silence for 1.5 months after
- 2 hour in person onsite interview. The interviewers had a cold attitude and look throughout. Didn't bother to introduce themselves or the team. Didn't even say goodbye or thank me for my time after the interview despite me taking PTO.
- 3 weeks later, recruiter called to setup a call with another manager. This manager asked random questions and didn't explain his role or give me any time to ask questions. Overall easy conversation.
Complete ghosting from the company after the final call despite me following up twice. I only found out through internal sources that the position was filled.
Be aware of this company. Heavily favour onsite work and a certain demographic. Be prepared to job hop after a year even if you get a offer.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Technical trivia + leetcode. They learned a lot about me but I barely knew what they did.
I applied online. I interviewed at Fortinet in Jan 2026
Interview
i had two 3 hour interviews. 2 hours of technical and 1 hour of behavioural/meeting, each time with two people. the interview was in C, and there were multiple questions but fairly easy.