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      Principal Security Engineer Interview

      Mar 26, 2024
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Zalando in Mar 2024

      Interview

      The interview with the recruiter was ok and straightforward. Then there was a hiring manager interview with a security lead for the team. I would say that was underwhelming. It was more of a quiz than a discussion on technical topics. At no time during the interview, you would know if your answers had good enough detail for him or not. Zero reflection. There were like 5 min for a threat modeling "challenge" on a sample Kubernetes setup. This is not how it works. In summary, the questions were not really well thought out and the rejection was also your usual templated one.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      How to convince sw engineers to buy into security?
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      Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review and bringing this to our attention. We’re sorry to hear that you felt disappointed by the interview process. We fully commit to providing a positive experience to our candidates by ensuring a smooth process, transparency, and valuable feedback from the beginning. This also involves reconciling the expectations of both sides. We have since shared your feedback within our Talent Acquisition Team who are investigating in order to drive improvement where needed. - Talent Acquisition Team