Security Engineer Interview Questions

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1. AWS S3 bucket safe configuration 2. how to detect email spoofing 3. AWS logging best practices 4. scenario how to mitigate unsafe secrets stored in a git repo 5. write a python script that parses addresses from a server log and queries them against some security API to scan them (virus total, ...)
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Application Security Engineer

Interviewed at HelloFresh

3.3
Oct 23, 2023

1. AWS S3 bucket safe configuration 2. how to detect email spoofing 3. AWS logging best practices 4. scenario how to mitigate unsafe secrets stored in a git repo 5. write a python script that parses addresses from a server log and queries them against some security API to scan them (virus total, ...)

Throughout the interview, the interviewer focused on irrelevant low-level questions that had little connection to the actual responsibilities listed in the job description. It felt less like a technical discussion and more like an attempt to trip up the candidate. The lack of alignment between the interviewer’s questions and the position’s scope made the process frustrating and unproductive. The one meaningful question came only at the end, leaving no time for a proper response. Overall, the experience left the impression that the interviewer either misunderstood the intent of the role or deliberately narrowed the focus to fail strong candidates possibly out of job insecurity.
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Senior Security Engineer

Interviewed at Apple

4.1
Oct 9, 2025

Throughout the interview, the interviewer focused on irrelevant low-level questions that had little connection to the actual responsibilities listed in the job description. It felt less like a technical discussion and more like an attempt to trip up the candidate. The lack of alignment between the interviewer’s questions and the position’s scope made the process frustrating and unproductive. The one meaningful question came only at the end, leaving no time for a proper response. Overall, the experience left the impression that the interviewer either misunderstood the intent of the role or deliberately narrowed the focus to fail strong candidates possibly out of job insecurity.

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