How to Get a Job at Zscaler in India in 2026: Process and Tips
Zscaler has 36% of its workforce in India and 82 open roles. See its six-stage hiring process, interview criteria, AI rules and tips before applying in 2026.
Ishaan Vardhan12 Oct 2026 · 10 min read
Zscaler, the San Jose cloud security company, employs more than a third of its global workforce in India, and it is still hiring here across Bengaluru, Mohali, Pune, Hyderabad, Gurugram and Mumbai. As of 4 October 2026, its official Greenhouse job board lists 82 India-based roles out of 364 worldwide. To get in, apply to a specific posting and prepare for Zscaler’s published six-stage process, which uses structured interviews scored on role knowledge, problem-solving and fit with its values.
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Key takeaways
- India is central to Zscaler. Its annual report says 36% of its global workforce was in India on 31 July 2026, mostly in R&D, finance and operations.
- Bengaluru leads, Mohali is second. 42 India roles are Bengaluru-only and 13 are in Mohali, near Chandigarh; the rest are spread across other cities or multi-city.
- Zscaler publishes its process: application, recruiter review, manager review, structured interviews, decision and offer.
- Every India posting we checked is hybrid. Zscaler says teams meet in the office three or more planned days a week.
- No AI help in live interviews. Zscaler allows AI for preparation but bans it during interviews and assessments without written permission.
Zscaler in India: a big share of the company
Few US software companies lean on India as heavily as Zscaler. In its annual report for the year to 31 July 2026, filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission on 3 September 2026, Zscaler said it had more than 8,700 employees worldwide and that 36% of its workforce was based in India, mostly in R&D, finance and operations. It describes India as a source of skilled talent, warns that competition for technical staff there is intense and rising, and says it runs R&D centres outside the US in India, Israel and Spain.
The same filing records a change worth knowing about. On 1 September 2026, Zscaler committed to a restructuring that it expects to cut its worldwide headcount by about 3%, while moving resources towards its AI and growth initiatives. Hiring continues, as the job board shows, but the emphasis is on specific skills rather than broad expansion.
Zscaler’s careers page lists India offices in Bangalore, Mohali, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Pune and New Delhi. Mohali, in Punjab next to Chandigarh, is an unusual location for a US tech company and is one reason Zscaler is a strong option for candidates in north India who do not want to move to Bengaluru. The company reopened its Bangalore, Pune and Mohali offices on 2 May 2022 after nearly two years of remote work.
Which roles are open in India right now
We pulled Zscaler’s public Greenhouse feed on 4 October 2026. By location, 42 roles are Bengaluru-only, 13 are in Mohali, five are open in either Bengaluru or Mohali, and the rest are in Gurugram, Mumbai, Pune, Hyderabad, remote within India, or a mix. By function, using our own grouping of job titles:
| Function | Approx. roles | Examples from the board |
|---|---|---|
| Software engineering | 29 | Sr. Software Development Engineer, Staff and Principal SDE (Go, Java, C/C++, Rust, Python), agentic systems, browser extension |
| Site reliability, platform and security research | 8 | Staff SRE, Senior Staff Platform Engineer, Senior Detection Engineer, Staff Threat Researcher, vulnerability management |
| Support and customer success | 14 | Customer Support Associate I, Designated Support Engineer III, Escalation Engineers (cloud, DLP, SD-WAN), Technical Success Managers |
| Sales and pre-sales | 15 | Account Executives, Senior and Principal Sales Engineers (enterprise and public sector), professional services |
| Finance, operations, IT, product and people | 16 | Accounts payable, India tax, project managers, a principal product specialist, Jira and LMS administrators, employee relations |
The engineering roles reflect Zscaler’s product: its Zero Trust Exchange platform, which sits between users and the internet or apps to inspect and secure traffic. Postings ask for networking and systems depth (IPSec, SD-WAN, Linux and network troubleshooting), distributed systems in Java or Go, and low-level C and C++. Experience bars are clear: Sr. Software Development Engineer posts ask for about three years or more, Staff SDE posts five or more, and principal posts ten or more. The most junior roles on the board that day were in Mohali support and in operations, asking for about two years of experience.
See the current list on our Zscaler jobs page, which is refreshed from the same official feed, or compare with other engineering jobs in Bengaluru.
How Zscaler works: hybrid by design
All 82 India postings describe the role as hybrid, usually naming the city, for example “a Hybrid role in Bangalore”. The careers page says Zscaler is “hybrid by design”, and its Candidate Resource Hub says teams meet in offices three or more planned days per week. Postings also list in-office perks among benefits. Plan to live near the office the posting names.
What Zscaler looks for
Zscaler’s culture page sets out three core behaviours: ownership and collaboration (“step in where the team needs you, beyond org charts or titles”), trust through outcomes, and a challenge culture built on direct, respectful feedback. Its recruiting materials add five values summed up as TOPIC: Teamwork, Ownership, Passion, Innovation and Customer Obsession. Manager candidates are also assessed against five leadership principles, HUMAN: hire, develop and inspire the best; understand and innovate with the customer; model a thoughtful bias for action; act like an owner; and nurture a growth mindset.
Recent postings use the same “success profile” language. A Staff Software Development Engineer post in Bangalore says Zscaler wants people who thrive in ambiguity, act like owners, run towards hard problems, collaborate with high trust and keep learning. Many postings now also list a foundational understanding of AI and ML as a minimum qualification, even for non-AI roles.
The hiring process, step by step
Zscaler’s Candidate Resource Hub lays out six stages:
- Application. Zscaler reviews your background, skills and competencies. It asks you to show the scope and scale of your work and the results you delivered.
- Recruiter review. A recruiter calls to discuss the role, scope, location and compensation, and to ask how you see Zscaler’s culture. It suggests reading Zscaler’s “Ways of Working” before this call.
- Manager review. The hiring manager reviews the strongest candidates against current and future team needs.
- Interviews. Several interviewers run structured interviews.
- Decision. The team reviews feedback and the recruiter tells you the outcome.
- Offer. Your recruiter walks you through terms, benefits and people programmes.
Zscaler says it uses structured interviewing for “clear, equitable, and consistent” assessment. Interviewers score three areas: role-required knowledge (your functional or technical skill), general cognitive ability (how you analyse situations and make decisions), and culture add and ways of working, measured against the TOPIC values. The hub does not give a timeline.
The AI rules
Zscaler has published unusually specific AI guidelines for applicants. You may use AI to polish a resume, research the company, practise answers and study before assessments. You may not use AI during live interviews, coding challenges or assessments without explicit written permission. Impersonation, invented qualifications and submitting AI-generated work as your own are also banned. Zscaler says violations can lead to disqualification, a withdrawn offer, or termination if found after hiring.
What candidates report
The following comes from a candidate report, not from Zscaler. In a February 2024 LeetCode Discuss post, a graduate hired on campus for a Bangalore C/C++ developer role described an online assessment with three medium-to-hard data-structures-and-algorithms problems in 90 minutes. Two technical interviews of about 75 to 80 minutes followed, each spending most of the time on C, operating systems and computer networking concepts before a coding question. That matches the systems focus of many current postings, but formats vary by team, level and year.
How to stand out
- Write your resume the way Zscaler asks. Show the scope and scale of your work, the results, how you handled ambiguous problems, and evidence of ownership and a growth mindset.
- Know networking cold for engineering and support roles. TCP/IP, TLS, DNS, proxies, VPNs and IPSec come up across postings, as do Linux internals and operating-system basics.
- Pick a language and go deep. Postings are specific: Go or Java for distributed systems, C or C++ for data-plane work, Python for automation, Rust for some principal roles.
- Prepare for structured questions. Build two or three stories for each TOPIC value, with a clear situation, what you did and the measurable result.
- Follow Zscaler’s own interview tips. The hub advises researching Zscaler, the cybersecurity market and your interviewers; having a professional Zoom background; asking good questions; and closing with a short summary of why you fit.
- Show AI fluency honestly. Many postings now ask for it, so be ready to explain how you use AI tools at work, but never during the interview itself.
Pay, notice periods and offers
Zscaler’s India postings do not publish salary ranges, and we have not found an official India pay range, so we do not quote one. The recruiter review stage covers compensation, so have a number ready. Indian offers are usually quoted as CTC (cost to company) in LPA, meaning lakh rupees per annum (one lakh is ₹100,000), and may include RSUs (restricted stock units) in the US-listed parent; confirm the tax treatment with a qualified tax adviser. Use our in-hand salary calculator to turn a CTC figure into monthly take-home pay, and our salary hike calculator to compare an offer with your current package.
Why it matters
With more than a third of its people in India, Zscaler is effectively a large Indian technology employer with a US listing, and it gives candidates a rare choice of cities, including Mohali. The trade-off is a demanding, structured process, a firm hybrid policy and a company that is reshaping teams around AI, as its September 2026 restructuring shows. Strong networking and systems skills, clear evidence of ownership and an honest approach to AI give you the best chance.
FAQ
Where is Zscaler hiring in India?
Mostly in Bengaluru, then Mohali. On 4 October 2026, 42 India roles were Bengaluru-only and 13 were in Mohali, with others in Gurugram, Mumbai, Pune, Hyderabad and remote India.
What are the Zscaler interview rounds?
Zscaler lists six stages: application, recruiter review, manager review, interviews, decision and offer. Interviews are structured and score role knowledge, cognitive ability and fit with the TOPIC values.
Can I use ChatGPT or other AI tools in a Zscaler interview?
Not during live interviews, coding challenges or assessments unless Zscaler gives explicit written permission. AI for preparation, research and resume polishing is allowed.
Is Zscaler India remote?
Mostly no. Every India posting we checked was hybrid, and Zscaler says teams meet in the office three or more planned days a week. A few roles were listed as remote within India.
Does Zscaler hire freshers in India?
Candidates report campus hiring, but there were no India internship or graduate postings on the public board on 4 October 2026. The most junior listed roles asked for about two years of experience.
Sources
- Zscaler (Greenhouse job board), “Zscaler jobs API”, accessed 2026-10-04. Link
- Zscaler, “Annual Report on Form 10-K for fiscal year ended July 31, 2026”, 2026-09-03. Link
- Zscaler, “Candidate Resource Hub”, accessed 2026-10-04. Link
- Zscaler, “Ethical AI Guidelines for Zscaler Job Applicants”, accessed 2026-10-04. Link
- Zscaler, “Careers”, accessed 2026-10-04. Link
- Zscaler, “Culture”, accessed 2026-10-04. Link
- Zscaler Blog, “India returns to work for Zscaler Associates”, 2022-07-11. Link
- Zscaler, “Staff Software Development Engineer (Bangalore)” job posting, accessed 2026-10-04. Link
- LeetCode Discuss (candidate report), “Zscaler | Internship + FTE | Software Developer C/C++ | On-Campus | Bangalore”, 2024-02-10. Link
Featured image: Bengaluru hosts the largest share of Zscaler's India openings. · Photo: Saad Faruque / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0
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Sources
- Zscaler (Greenhouse job board) 4 Oct 2026364 roles worldwide, 82 India roles on 4 Oct 2026 (42 Bengaluru-only, 13 Mohali, 5 Bengaluru-or-Mohali, others); function mix; experience requirements; all 82 India posts hybrid; AI/ML minimum qualification; no India intern/new-grad postings
- Zscaler (SEC Form 10-K) 3 Sep 20268,700+ employees at 31 Jul 2026; 36% of workforce in India, mostly R&D, finance, operations; R&D centres in India, Israel, Spain; competition for talent in India; 1 Sep 2026 restructuring cutting ~3% of headcount
- Zscaler 4 Oct 2026Six hiring stages; structured interviewing on three areas; TOPIC values; HUMAN principles; interview tips; hybrid 3+ planned office days (page undated; accessed date)
- Zscaler 4 Oct 2026What AI use is allowed and banned for applicants; consequences (page undated; accessed date)
- Zscaler 4 Oct 2026Hybrid by design; India offices in Bangalore, Mohali, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Pune, New Delhi (page undated; accessed date)
- Zscaler 4 Oct 2026Three core behaviours; HUMAN leadership principles (page undated; accessed date)
- Zscaler Blog 11 Jul 2022Bangalore, Pune and Mohali offices reopened 2 May 2022
- Zscaler 4 Oct 2026Hybrid role in Bangalore; success profile; 5+ years; AI/ML foundational understanding; in-office perks
- LeetCode Discuss (candidate report) 10 Feb 2024Candidate-reported campus process: 90-minute OA with three DSA problems, two technical rounds on C, OS, networking plus coding
