Symantec Recruitment Process

This article will give you information about the company, its recruitment process, sample questions that have been asked previously, lots of experiences shared by other aspirants, and the portal where you can apply.

About Company:

Symantec Corporation is an American software company headquartered in Mountain View, California, United States. The company provides cybersecurity software and services. Symantec is a Fortune 500 company and a member of the S&P 500 stock-market index. The company also has development centers in Pune, Chennai, and Bengaluru (India). Symantec was founded in 1982.

In 2017, Symantec ranked #10 in Forbes’ – “The Just 100: America’s Best Corporate Citizen’s list”, #857 in Forbes’ Global 2000 list, #465 in America’s Best Employers, #252 in America’s Top Public Companies. Symantec ranked #465 in the Fortune 500 list in 2017 and #400 in 2016. Symantec has spent 10 years on the Fortune 500 list. Symantec Corp. was (NASD: SYMC) ranked #270 on the S&P 500 – largest market capitalization list in 2014.

Recruitment Process:

Symantec conducts 4-5 rounds to select freshers as Software Engineers in their organization.

• Online Round
• Technical Round 1
• Technical Round 2
• Technical Round 3
• HR Round

Academic Criteria:

• 70 percent or above in B.Tech, Class X and XII.
• No backlogs at the time of the interview

Online Round:

The online round is often conducted on some online platforms like hacker rank and the test consists of two major sections namely the MCQ section and the coding section. MCQ section consists of general Aptitude questions and technical questions.

Technical Rounds:

The students who clear the written round are called for a Technical Interview. To clear this round you should be clear with your basics. You should be prepared with C, Java, Oops concepts, Data structures and Algorithms, and Networking. Students will be expected to write codes in the interview. This round mainly concentrates on your fundamentals of computer science. They also ask questions about resumes. You may be asked puzzles in these rounds.

HR Rounds :

You can expect general HR questions like :

1. Tell me about Yourself
2. Why Symantec?
3. Goal in life
4. Discussion about projects.

NOTE:

• Thoroughly prepare your resume don’t put unnecessary information that you don’t know
• Wisely tell your area of interest
• Be confident, maintain your English accent

Interview Experiences:

It is always beneficial if you know what it is to be there at that moment. So, to give you an advantage, we provide you with Interview Experiences of candidates who have been in your situation earlier. Make the most of it.

• Symantec Interview Experiences

Questions Asked in Symantec:

1. What is Dirty Read?
2. When is a null pointer used?
3. What is CTE?
4. What is Aggregate Functions?

Where to Apply?

• Symantec careers
• Symantec Official Website