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Security Engineer Interview Questions

"When hiring a security engineer, employers want to make sure they select candidates who have the technical knowledge of information security software and hardware to ensure their data will be kept safe in the event of a disaster, whether it be an earthquake or a hacker attack. Before attending an interview for this position, prepare to answer a lot of technical questions that will determine the extent of your understanding of information security systems and how they can be used to protect important data."

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The CTO asked me about a black box with MQTT over TLS, the box had tamper protections but an attacker could listen to communications. In the second interview, the "principle" asked me vague questions such as "how do you gain arbitrary code execution?" For someone who understands security, a question like this is not productive. This is like asking how do you crash a car? There are many ways...
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Cyber Security Analyst

Interviewed at Certus Cybersecurity

4.2
Sep 8, 2021

The CTO asked me about a black box with MQTT over TLS, the box had tamper protections but an attacker could listen to communications. In the second interview, the "principle" asked me vague questions such as "how do you gain arbitrary code execution?" For someone who understands security, a question like this is not productive. This is like asking how do you crash a car? There are many ways...

Describe the CPU architecture of 32 Bit and 64 Bit, and which is better ?? Do you have UNIX experience What are the 7 layers of the OSI Model? Describe how the OSI model in steps how you would reach google.com from your browser?
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Security Engineer

Interviewed at Mr. Cooper

3.7
Apr 5, 2019

Describe the CPU architecture of 32 Bit and 64 Bit, and which is better ?? Do you have UNIX experience What are the 7 layers of the OSI Model? Describe how the OSI model in steps how you would reach google.com from your browser?

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