Application Security Interview Questions

461 application security interview questions shared by candidates

3. Techincal: They will ask about a certain vulnerability and then give you examples and ask you create a payload for this. They will also provide you with sample vulnerability reports and ask you to triage them with CVSS. There will be other scenarios like "If this happens, is this a vulnerability? and you will have to explain your answer" How DNS and other backend systems work. In short you will need deep and clear understanding of web applications working as well as vulnerabilities
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Application Security Engineer

Interviewed at Bugcrowd

2.2
Sep 5, 2024

3. Techincal: They will ask about a certain vulnerability and then give you examples and ask you create a payload for this. They will also provide you with sample vulnerability reports and ask you to triage them with CVSS. There will be other scenarios like "If this happens, is this a vulnerability? and you will have to explain your answer" How DNS and other backend systems work. In short you will need deep and clear understanding of web applications working as well as vulnerabilities

Included chatting through CV, some technical questions relating to the role, some HR questions, and a technical exercise. The technical exercise was left open and allowed you to discuss the problems in front of you, which meant they were assessing your ability to do a job and have the right mindset rather than know specific technologies.
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Senior Application Security Engineer

Interviewed at NewDay

3.8
Feb 27, 2023

Included chatting through CV, some technical questions relating to the role, some HR questions, and a technical exercise. The technical exercise was left open and allowed you to discuss the problems in front of you, which meant they were assessing your ability to do a job and have the right mindset rather than know specific technologies.

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