Optiv interview questions
Updated Jan 28, 2026Difficulty
Average
Experience
Mostly positive
How others got an interview
- 18%Employee ReferralEmployee Referral
- 12%RecruiterRecruiter
- 7%OtherOther
- 3%In PersonIn Person
- 2%Campus RecruitingCampus Recruiting
- 2%Staffing AgencyStaffing Agency
Interview search
193 interviews
Optiv interviews FAQs
- Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Optiv as 56.5% positive with a difficulty rating score of 3.09 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Senior Network Security Engineer and Senior Security Consultant rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Automation Engineer and Multimedia Specialist roles were rated as the easiest.
- The hiring process at Optiv takes an average of 20 days when considering 23 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Cyber Security Consultant had the quickest hiring process (on average 1 day), whereas Security Consultant roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 120 days).
- Common stages of the interview process at Optiv according to 23 Glassdoor interviews include:
Skills test: 20%
One on one interview: 17%
Phone interview: 17%
Background check: 11%
Group panel interview: 11%
Presentation: 7%
Personality test: 7%
Other: 6%
IQ intelligence test: 2%
Drug test: 2%
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