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Questions surrounding infrastructure, in depth OWASP (and how to fix/remediate), code review, penetration testing methodology, threat modeling, applied cryptography (TLS, symmetric vs. asymmetric, cipher strengths), communication style.
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Senior Product Security Engineer

Interviewed at Salesforce

4.1
Oct 15, 2018

Questions surrounding infrastructure, in depth OWASP (and how to fix/remediate), code review, penetration testing methodology, threat modeling, applied cryptography (TLS, symmetric vs. asymmetric, cipher strengths), communication style.

1st round(w/the recruiter): Describe your position Why are you looking for a new job? What made you apply to this one? What are looking for in a new role? 2nd round(w/the manager) Pretty much the same questions as above and customer related questions 3rd round(w/technical person) Going through your resume. Explain the difference between 2 databases(MongoDB and Google Big Query) What happens when you enter a website? What runs before DNS? dcp How to get DNS? Explain what is cloud?
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Cloud Security Engineer

Interviewed at Netskope

4.3
Mar 7, 2019

1st round(w/the recruiter): Describe your position Why are you looking for a new job? What made you apply to this one? What are looking for in a new role? 2nd round(w/the manager) Pretty much the same questions as above and customer related questions 3rd round(w/technical person) Going through your resume. Explain the difference between 2 databases(MongoDB and Google Big Query) What happens when you enter a website? What runs before DNS? dcp How to get DNS? Explain what is cloud?

Questions on ACLs How to block only one way traffic F5 load balancers-persistence DDOS, site to site VPN's What is public key and private key In SSL certificates How SSL certificate works How DNS works from your laptop like how google.com can access from your kaptop Where to apply ACL on interfaces Tcp flags Subnetting tcp flags tcp/ip hand shake subnetting SSL certificates how DNS works VPN port numbers what is public key and private key in certficates ACLs-when to apply inbound and when to apply outbound
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Network Security Engineer

Interviewed at Salesforce

4.1
May 4, 2020

Questions on ACLs How to block only one way traffic F5 load balancers-persistence DDOS, site to site VPN's What is public key and private key In SSL certificates How SSL certificate works How DNS works from your laptop like how google.com can access from your kaptop Where to apply ACL on interfaces Tcp flags Subnetting tcp flags tcp/ip hand shake subnetting SSL certificates how DNS works VPN port numbers what is public key and private key in certficates ACLs-when to apply inbound and when to apply outbound

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