Security Solutions Architect Interview Experience - Kraków
Process
Time-consuming recruitment process, it took 6-7 weeks to receive the final job offer.
It started with a short call with a recruiter to know if I was possibly interested in the role and how experienced I was in certain areas relevant for the Security Solutions Architect role. The next stage was an approx. 50-minute call with the same recruiter during which I was asked questions about myself, my current job, and experience. Then, the recruiter switched to English and asked 3 basic technical questions (briefly describe TCP, UDP, DNS, etc.).
For the next stage, I was invited to the Akamai office to meet 2 other Solutions Architects from the team. One was experienced with Network Security and the other with Web Security. The whole conversation was something like 90 minutes long. I had to answer 30-40 technical questions from the mentioned IT security areas from both Architects; all of them had to be answered as briefly as possible. The next part was about my expectations, how I see the Security Solutions Architect role, what I know about the company and why I chose it, and what makes me the perfect candidate for this job, etc.
For the final stage, I was given a topic (Security Headers in HTTP). I had 1 week to prepare a 25-minute long presentation, which was to be presented to the manager of the Security Solutions Architect team over the phone. I received 1-2 questions on each slide I prepared. After I was done presenting, I was asked another 3 technical questions from the topic. I had to be prepared from a high and low-level perspective since the questions were meant to simulate dealing with technical and non-technical customer queries.
Although it was a very long process, the whole thing was done very professionally. The attitude of the people involved in the recruitment process was above my expectations, really – very friendly and positive people willing to rather know what I can learn and what I know, rather than to discover what I don't know.
It was a very positive and interesting experience and an interesting company to work for. It was actually much easier than I thought.
Questions
What CA's were compromised in recent years?
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