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They really didn't ask any questions of me in the technical interviews. They ran exercises. In the hiring manager interview, she asked "what was your most impactful project" and "what did you do to contribute?" Fun fact - when I described a project and described how I contributed, she wanted details - like she didn't believe me. I get it, people are trying to sell themselves in interviews. But, I would challenge that the approach of the hiring manager here was more off-putting than helpful.
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Principal Security Engineer

Interviewed at GoDaddy

3.9
Nov 20, 2025

They really didn't ask any questions of me in the technical interviews. They ran exercises. In the hiring manager interview, she asked "what was your most impactful project" and "what did you do to contribute?" Fun fact - when I described a project and described how I contributed, she wanted details - like she didn't believe me. I get it, people are trying to sell themselves in interviews. But, I would challenge that the approach of the hiring manager here was more off-putting than helpful.

What is encryption? What is security? What is AWS? How AWS? Why AWS? What security features does AWS services provide for its customers? What about AWS Lambda and S3 in general? What is SAST, DAST, what are symmetrical and asymmetrical encryptions?
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Senior Cloud Security Engineer

Interviewed at FINRA

3.8
Jun 29, 2023

What is encryption? What is security? What is AWS? How AWS? Why AWS? What security features does AWS services provide for its customers? What about AWS Lambda and S3 in general? What is SAST, DAST, what are symmetrical and asymmetrical encryptions?

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