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The first couple of questions related to things I had actually worked on and how I solved various security related problems. I actually had to explain a lot more than expected to the interviewer who seemed a little inexperienced in the security domain which was surprising. He didn't seem to understand how x509 certificates and PKI worked. The last question was a coding exercise which I was supposed to receive in advance of the call but they forgot (not a good sign) and so I had about 5 mins to read it and come up with a solution. I actually spent most of the 5 mins getting clarification on the problem statement which was very poorly phrased.
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Security Engineer

Interviewed at Google

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Feb 4, 2019

The first couple of questions related to things I had actually worked on and how I solved various security related problems. I actually had to explain a lot more than expected to the interviewer who seemed a little inexperienced in the security domain which was surprising. He didn't seem to understand how x509 certificates and PKI worked. The last question was a coding exercise which I was supposed to receive in advance of the call but they forgot (not a good sign) and so I had about 5 mins to read it and come up with a solution. I actually spent most of the 5 mins getting clarification on the problem statement which was very poorly phrased.

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