u/marsmoron

I don't normally use reddit, but I'm making this post because this site is one of the first that you'll see when googling this company. I need to make this known because people need to know about what they are up against when looking at this company. I don't believe that they are a scam or anything, but they were completely unprofessional and they completely wasted my time with a false promise and near zero communication.

Some context:

Nukudo is a cybersecurity company in Texas that is supposed to train people for cybersecurity roles and get them ready to work for a 3 year placement job. The pay is supposedly not the best in comparison to some full fledged positions, but for someone trying to get started in their career, I feel like it's most likely worth it. I found the job listing looking for people in San Antonio, so I applied.

Application process:

The process included multiple online tests. One test was a pseudo-code type of test, 2 others involved a lot of questions utilizing Wireshark. There was a personality test that I'm pretty sure was the standard Wonderlic one. After taking these tests, they scheduled an interview at their office in San Antonio which turned out to be a Zoom call which was kind of weird but whatever. It was very clear with the discussions that this program will be a full time job. I was in school at the time, so I understood that I would need to put my education on hold if I were to accept this job. This all happened in November.

The complete lack of professionalism:

In the beginning of December, I was given an email that stated congratulations I completed the process and i quote, "In the coming weeks, you'll receive your offer letter and agreement." The supposed start date it stated was the first quarter of 2026. I was pretty excited as I finally got a job after long time of fruitless job searching.

It was at this time, they went completely radio silent. I received no emails, no phone calls, or any bit of communication from Nukudo. In January about a month later, I sent an email for any bit of information or that offer letter that was stated before. The response only said that the start date will be first quarter of 2026 with nothing else. I figured it'll just start late first quarter and decided to wait patiently. During this time, my school semester ended and I decided not to continue the next semester because I assumed that I would now need to concentrate on this job that I was accepted in. I also stopped looking for other jobs as hey I had this new job that I'm waiting for.

Halfway through March about 2.5 months later, I get an email that the cohort will now take place in Dallas and that I now need to do another interview. I'm confused because I thought I already was accepted so I asked about that, but they assured me in the email, "your acceptance has not changed". I figured it was fine because I was luckily able to relocate to Dallas, and that my acceptance was supposedly still intact.

It took them an extra month to schedule the interview. I literally had to send an email asking when it was going to happen. A couple days later I did the interview about halfway through April.

For another straight month, they went completely radio silent. I got no information out of them. I sent an email, resent that same email in case it got lost or something, then left a voicemail asking for information. It wasn't until a month later again that I managed to be able to call them where they just basically stated, "nah, we got someone else. fuck off"

This whole process wasted about 5 months of my life with an empty promise of a job. In hindsight, I guess I shouldn't have committed to something unless I physically started the job, but I seriously thought that them telling me that I got the job would mean that I got the job.

TLDR: While Nukudo might be a decent opportunity for what it offers, be very careful about their lack of professionalism. Do not accept them at any of their words as they will easily go back on it and lie to your face.

I don't normally use reddit, but I'm making this post because this site is one of the first that you'll see when googling this company. I need to make this known because people need to know about what they are up against when looking at this company. I don't believe that they are a scam or anything, but they were completely unprofessional and they completely wasted my time with a false promise and near zero communication.

Some context:

Nukudo is a cybersecurity company in Texas that is supposed to train people for cybersecurity roles and get them ready to work for a 3 year placement job. The pay is supposedly not the best in comparison to some full fledged positions, but for someone trying to get started in their career, I feel like it's most likely worth it. I found the job listing looking for people in San Antonio, so I applied.

Application process:

The process included multiple online tests. One test was a pseudo-code type of test, 2 others involved a lot of questions utilizing Wireshark. There was a personality test that I'm pretty sure was the standard Wonderlic one. After taking these tests, they scheduled an interview at their office in San Antonio which turned out to be a Zoom call which was kind of weird but whatever. It was very clear with the discussions that this program will be a full time job. I was in school at the time, so I understood that I would need to put my education on hold if I were to accept this job. This all happened in November.

The complete lack of professionalism:

In the beginning of December, I was given an email that stated congratulations I completed the process and i quote, "In the coming weeks, you'll receive your offer letter and agreement." The supposed start date it stated was the first quarter of 2026. I was pretty excited as I finally got a job after long time of fruitless job searching.

It was at this time, they went completely radio silent. I received no emails, no phone calls, or any bit of communication from Nukudo. In January about a month later, I sent an email for any bit of information or that offer letter that was stated before. The response only said that the start date will be first quarter of 2026 with nothing else. I figured it'll just start late first quarter and decided to wait patiently. During this time, my school semester ended and I decided not to continue the next semester because I assumed that I would now need to concentrate on this job that I was accepted in. I also stopped looking for other jobs as hey I had this new job that I'm waiting for.

Halfway through March about 2.5 months later, I get an email that the cohort will now take place in Dallas and that I now need to do another interview. I'm confused because I thought I already was accepted so I asked about that, but they assured me in the email, "your acceptance has not changed". I figured it was fine because I was luckily able to relocate to Dallas, and that my acceptance was supposedly still intact.

It took them an extra month to schedule the interview. I literally had to send an email asking when it was going to happen. A couple days later I did the interview about halfway through April.

For another straight month, they went completely radio silent. I got no information out of them. I sent an email, resent that same email in case it got lost or something, then left a voicemail asking for information. It wasn't until a month later again that I managed to be able to call them where they just basically stated, "nah, we got someone else. fuck off"

This whole process wasted about 5 months of my life with an empty promise of a job. In hindsight, I guess I shouldn't have committed to something unless I physically started the job, but I seriously thought that them telling me that I got the job would mean that I got the job.

TLDR: While Nukudo might be a decent opportunity for what it offers, be very careful about their lack of professionalism. Do not accept them at any of their words as they will easily go back on it and lie to your face.