Security Engineer Interview Questions

Aabid S. - "We had a huge launch on September 1st of this year where we completely redesigned our application from the grounds up and also migrated to a new platform (React.JS). This project took us 8 months and the launch was a huge deal for the team. Unfortunately the launch wasn't as smooth as we expected and despite doing multiple rounds of QA, some major issues cropped up in the core part of the app right after launch and our client was quite upset since it was disrupting their day-to-day workflow. "See full answer

Jasmin R. - "Let's imagine you want to open Google Maps, you type maps.google.com and hit Enter. Here is what happens: You type maps.google.com into the address bar of your browser. Browser completes the address, for example, maps.google.com → https://www.maps.google.com [Address decoding] → browser breaks down the URL into parts ‘https://’: protocol → how the browser should connect to the website Default is HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) which shows up as ‘ http:/"See full answer

Wizzy B. - "URL> DNS over UDP> IP address > TCP handshake > HTTP(SSL handshake) req, responses, websites architectures for any query DB, servers."See full answer

Amparo L. - "One time I exceeded expectations is when I did a Mock Interview and they grade me on using eye contact. that is when I scored a 5 on Exceeding Expectations."See full answer

Adriel W. - "A DOS attack is meant to shut down a machine or network, making it inaccessible to its intended users. Some mitigations would be knowing what normal and abnormal traffic is. Deploy Firewalls for sophisticated application attacks."See full answer