259 interview questions
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Software Engineer interview questions take time to prepare. As a recruiter or hiring manager, you need to get to the heart of how the software engineer or developer thinks and solves problems. On top of that, you need to get to the bottom of what they know about the tech stack the position requires.
No conversational interviews can replace seeing your candidate actually do the work they will be doing on the job. But when coupled with a work sample coding test or code pair interview, these questions will give you a much deeper understanding of your candidate’s fitness for the role. This approach allows you to screen out more candidates earlier in the funnel so that you only spend your time on candidates who could fill the role.
This ebook is for the efficient recruiter and hiring manager who doesn’t always have time to organize a full slate of interview questions for each interview. In addition to general interview questions, you can find technical questions for 12 different tech stacks. Also, find out what questions not to ask (hint: they involve whiteboards).
We know you are busy so take a look at these questions and have an amazing interview.
I. General software engineer interview questions
General interview questions can be used by recruiters for any technical position. They do not require any technical expertise. Instead, they will help you get to know your candidate’s approach to their work. Use these questions to get to know how your candidate thinks and how they solve problems. Questions in this section
Behavioral questions are used to evaluate a candidate’s past experiences and behaviors in order to determine their potential. They involve asking the candidate about how they resolved a situation in the past. Behavioral-based questions reveal in-depth information about the way a candidate thinks, feels, and what type of experience the candidate has from previous jobs.
45 Behavioral interview questions
Action-oriented and self-motivation
| 1. | Describe a situation when you did much more than was expected of you to get the project done. Were your efforts recognized By whom and how? How did that make you feel? |
| 2. | Tell me about a time when you took ownership of a project. Why did you do this? What was the result of you taking on the challenge? What could have happened if you did not take ownership? |
| 3. | Think about an instance in which you came up with a project idea which was implemented primarily because of your efforts. What was it about? What was its outcome? What was your role? |
| 4. | 自分が取り組んでいるプロジェクトで、何かを改善するために提案をした時のことを記述してください。 |
| 5. | あなたが自分で始めたプロジェクトやイニシアチブの例を教えてください。ビジネス以外でも構いません。何がきっかけで始めたのですか？ |
適応能力
| 6. | プロジェクトを完了させるために大きな障害に遭遇した状況を説明してください。どのように対処しましたか?どのようなステップを踏みましたか？ |
| 7. | Tell me about a time you had to work on several projects at once. How did you handle this? |
| 8. | Describe a situation in which you experienced a significant project change that you weren’t expecting. What was it? How did that impact you, and how did you adapt to this change? How did you remain productive through the project? |
| 9. | あなたがコントロールできない変化に適応しなければならなかった状況を説明してください。どのようにしてこれを行いましたか? |
コミュニケーション能力
| 10. | I’d be interested in hearing about a miscommunication you had with your supervisor. How did you solve it? What was the reason for that? How did you deal with that situation? |
| 11. | 本当に悪いニュースを上司やチームのメンバーに伝えなければならなかった時の例を教えてください。どのように対処しましたか？結果はどうでしたか？ |
| 12. | Give an example of a time when you didn’t agree with another developer. Did you stand up for something that you believed was right? |
| 13. | Tell me about a time when you had to present a complex programming problem to a person that doesn’t understand technical jargon. How did you ensure that the other person understood you? |
| 14. | あなたが十分なコミュニケーションが取れていないと感じた状況を説明してください。あなたは何をしましたか？どのように対処しましたか？ |
| 15. | あなたにとって重要なポイントを伝えるために、声を上げて主張しなければならなかった状況について教えてください。 |
紛争管理
| 16. | Tell me about a time when you had a disagreement with another programmer. How did you handle the situation? Were you able to reach a mutually beneficial resolution to that conflict? If not, why were you and your co-worker unable to reach a mutually beneficial resolution? If you knew then what you know now, what would you have done differently to either prevent the conflict or to resolve it? |
| 17. | 目標を達成するために、困難な人と一緒に仕事をしなければならなかった時のことを教えてください。最大の課題は何でしたか？どのように対処しましたか？ |
| 18. | プロジェクトで誰かと意見が合わなかったことはありますか？あなたはそれについて何をしましたか？ |
| 19. | チーム内の対立に対処しなければならなかった時のことを教えてください。衝突はどのように解決されましたか？どのように対処しましたか？どのように今それに対処しますか？ |
創造性
| 20. | コーディングの問題を解決するために、独創的で変わったアプローチを取らなければならなかった時の例を教えてください。このアイデアはどのようにして思いつきましたか？なぜそれが普通ではなかったと思いますか？ |
意思決定
| 21. | Give me an example of a time when you were faced with a complex project related matter and you could not decide on the best way to deal with it. What did you do? How did you go about making the decision? Can you lead me through your decision process? If you could make the decision once again, would you change anything? |
| 22. | Think about an instance in which you made a decision at work that was unpopular. How did you handle it? |
| 23. | Give me an example of a project that completely failed. Why do you think it was a failure? Could there be anything done differently in order to turn it into a success? |
| 24. | Describe a situation in which you worked diligently on a project and it did not produce the desired results. Why didn’t you get the desired results? What did you learn from the experience? |
| 25. | 誤った判断をしたり、何かをしてもうまくいかなかった時の状況を考えてみましょう。何が起こったのでしょうか？ |
目標の方向性
| 26. | Give an example of an important project goal you reached and how you achieved it. |
| 27. | 複数のプロジェクト目標に取り組み、達成した事例を考えてみましょう。 |
| 28. | 上司が設定したプロジェクト目標を達成できなかった状況を説明してください。この状況にどのように対処しましたか？結果はどうなりましたか？ |
| 29. | プロジェクトの目標を達成するために他人に頼らざるを得なかった例を考えてみましょう。どのように感じましたか？ |
Influence and persuasion
| 30. | Tell me about a recent situation at work in which you were able to get management to accept one of your ideas. |
| 31. | 自分の考えを他の人に受け入れてもらうのに苦労した状況を説明してください。あなたのアプローチはどのようなものでしたか？これはどのように機能しましたか？あなたは誰かを説得して自分のやり方で物事を見ることに成功しましたか？ |
| 32. | Have you ever had to “sell” an idea to your project team? How did you do it? Did they “buy” it? |
Planning, priority setting, time management
| 33. | あなたがプロジェクトの計画を担当していた時の状況を教えてください。すべてがあなたの計画通りに進みましたか？もしそうでない場合は、なぜ、どのような対応をしなければならなかったのでしょうか？ |
問題解決能力
| 34. | 仕事でミスをした時の状況を教えてください。具体的に何が起こり、どのように対処しましたか？その状況を改善するためにどのようなステップを踏みましたか？ |
| 35. | これまでのプロジェクトで直面した最大の問題は何ですか？何が問題解決を困難にしたか？その結果、どのような結果になりましたか？今までと違うことをしたいと思いますか？ |
| 36. | Give me an example of a time when you noticed a small problem before it turned into a major one. Did you take the initiative to correct it? What kind ofpreventive measure did you undertake? |
| 37. | あなたが遭遇した困難な/複雑な問題/プロジェクトを通して私を歩かせてください。どのようにして最初に何をすべきかを決めましたか？どのような情報が必要でしたか？どのような障害に直面しましたか？どの障害を乗り越えることができましたか？助けを求める必要がありましたか？ |
チームワーク
| 38. | Tell me about a time when you worked with someone who was not completing his or her share of the work. How did you handle the situation? Did you discuss your concern with your coworker? With your manager? If yes, how did your coworker respond to your concern? What was your manager’s response? |
| 39. | 仲良くないチームで働かなければならなかった状況を説明してください。何が起きましたか？あなたは何をして、どのような役割を果たしましたか？状況はどのように変化しましたか？ |
| 40. | Describe a team experience you found disappointing. What would you have done to prevent this? |
| 41. | 重要な目標を達成するために、チームの一員として協力して仕事をした例を教えてください。その目的は何でしたか？他のプロジェクトメンバーとの交流はどの程度ありましたか？ |
| 42. | あなたがチームを率いていた時、最も困難な状況について教えてください。何が起こり、どのように対処しましたか？成功しましたか？最も重要なことは何でしたか？ |
圧力下での作業
| 43. | Describe a situation when you worked effectively under pressure. How did 4 you feel when working under pressure? What was going on, and how did you get through it? |
| 44. | プレッシャーの中で仕事をすることに問題があった時の状況を教えてください。その状況にどのように対処しましたか?支援を求めることにしましたか?いつ、どのように助けを求めましたか？ |
| 45. | 仕事中のストレスの多い状況の最近の例を教えてください。何が起きましたか？どのように対処しましたか？ |
Phone interviews are a lean way of getting an idea about who your candidate is and what they believe they can achieve before they take a technical assessment. Compared to in person interviews, they take less time and are less disruptive to the candidate. Combining the information you get from the phone interview with a technical assessment will allow you to screen out any unsuitable candidates before any face-toface interaction, reducing the number of technical interview you need to conduct. The best questions to ask in a phone interview aim to verify a number of things, from job experience to working preferences, expectations, and attitude, to name but a few.
20 Phone interview questions
| 1. | あなた自身のことを少し教えてください。 |
| 2. | なぜこのポジションに応募したのですか？ |
| 3. | 次の仕事に何を求めていますか？ |
| 4. | なぜこのポジションが魅力的なのか？ |
| 5. | あなたはどのように貢献し、私たちの成長を助けることができますか？ |
| 6. | あなたの現在の仕事、または最近の仕事について教えてください。何をしていましたか？ |
| 7. | あなたの典型的な仕事の週を教えてください。 |
| 8. | これまでの職務の中で、どのような大きな課題や問題に直面しましたか？どのように対処しましたか？ |
| 9. | 役職に就く上での課題は？ |
| 10. | 一人で仕事をするのと、チームの一員として仕事をするのとどっちがいいですか？ |
| 11. | あなたはどのような職場環境で最も機能しますか？ |
| 12. | 何がモチベーションを維持しているのか？ |
| 13. | あなたの最大の強みは何ですか？ |
| 14. | 最大の弱点は何ですか？ |
| 15. | Why do you want to make a career change? |
| 16. | 長期的なキャリアの目標を教えてください。 |
| 17. | お給料はどのようになっているのでしょうか？ |
| 18. | この役割のために転勤する意思はありますか？ |
| 19. | もしこの仕事のオファーがあったとしたら、いつから始められるのでしょうか？ |
| 20. | 私が答えられるような質問はありますか？ |
Once candidates pass the screening and the first interview stage, they often get invited to the second interview. The second interview is used to either assess company fit in a second soft skills interview or verify technical skills through a technical interview. Second interview questions are more detailed than the questions used in the first interview. They are often asked to inquire about specific skills, attitudes, personality traits, patterns of behavior, or particular events.
12 second interview questions
| 1. | What are your career goals? |
| 2. | Was there a time in your career when a project was changed? How did you adapt? |
| 3. | What are the main attributes needed to be successful in this role? |
| 4. | How have you resolved a conflict with a colleague or superior? |
| 5. | Could you tell me a little more about your current or most recent job? |
| 6. | What challenges are you currently looking for? |
| 7. | Have you ever been assigned to more than one project? How did that affect your work? |
| 8. | What role do you typically take on a team? |
| 9. | What would you change about the company? |
| 10. | Can you tell me about a time when you worked successfully as part of a team? |
| 11. | What salary are you seeking? |
| 12. | What is your notice period? |
Situational interview questions are questions about how the candidate would handle a challenge they would face in the role. They can help push candidates past generic answers by making them think about how they would handle a situation. Situational interview questions are a great way of establishing how a candidate’s values and priorities might influence a future action at your company.
How to structure a situational interview question
| 1. | “What would you do…” |
These 5 words can turn a simple yes or no question into a detailed, intricate response. Try rewording your favorite interview questions to start with this phrase. You’ll be able to see how candidates respond to the same question, just worded differently.
11 more situational interview questions
| 2. | How would you fix a mistake that you make in a project? |
| 3. | How would you motivate someone or others around you? |
| 4. | Imagine you found yourself in a situation where you couldn’t achieve your goals. What would you do? |
| 5. | Describe how you would prioritize, organize, and track your work. |
| 6. | Describe a situation where you would be proud of your work. |
| 7. | Tell me about how you would navigate a situation where you had multiple projects with conflicting deadlines or goals. |
| 8. | What would you do if you had a disagreement or conflict with a co-worker and what would your role be in resolving it? |
| 9. | What would you do if you felt nervous, stressed or unconfident? |
| 10. | How would you handle a situation that regularly happens in your workplace? |
| 11. | What would you do if you had to work for your least favorite boss or manager, and why? |
| 12. | How would you adjust to big changes in your workplace? |
Software engineering is a collaborative process. Teamwork is an essential skill for any software engineer. Teamwork interview questions will give you an insight into how well your developer works on a team.
II. Techincal software engineer interview questions that work
Technical interview questions will help you learn about your candidate’s technical knowledge. Hiring managers can use these to get a feel for how well the candidate understands the specific technologies they need for the position. Unlike the general interview questions in the first half of the book, the answers to these questions require a technical background to understand so should be asked by a technical interviewer. Technical interview questions should be used in concert with a work sample coding test. The candidate’s answers can show their breadth of knowledge but they can’t show if the candidate can apply their knowledge practically. Questions in this section:
- Questions that work in any technology
- Java interview questions
- SQL interview questions
- JavaScript interview questions
- Python interview questions
- .NET Core and .NET interview questions
- C and C++ interview questions
- Android interview questions
- Web developer interview questions
- Scala interview questions
- iOS interview questions
- Ruby on Rails interview questions
- Security engineer interview questions
5. Questions that work with any technology
| 1. | With which technologies listed on your resume have you had commercial experience in the past 2 years? What were your responsibilities? What was your biggest achievement? |
| 2. | Think about a programming project decision you made that was a failure. Why do you think it was a mistake? Why did it happen? Could there be anything done differently in order to turn it into a success? What steps did you take to improve the situation? What did you learn from this experience? |
| 3. | I’ve noticed you listed framework/technology X on your resume. How is it used? What’s your opinion about it? Is it a good choice? |
| 4. | On what stage did you join recent projects? Were you involved in the choice of technology or project setup? If yes, which technology did you choose or recommend for the project and why? |
| 5. | What was the most interesting project you’ve participated in? What was your role? Can you describe it and explain why you considered it to be so attractive? |
| 6. | Do you like to participate in the analysis, design, and deployment phases of an IT project or do you prefer to concentrate on the pure development of a welldescribed task? Why? |
| 7. | What is your biggest programming success story? Why did it happen? How can you repeat it? |
| 8. | For more senior-level applicants: Would you like to mentor a junior developer? Why? How would you go about doing it? Do you have any experience mentoring other people? |
| 9. | Which Java open source libraries do you consider to be valuable and why? |
| 10. | On what stage did you join recent projects? Were you involved in the choice of technology or project setup? If yes, which technology/ relational database management system did you choose or recommend for the project and why? |
| 11. | Which JavaScript libraries are you consider to be valuable and why? |
| 12. | If you would like to learn new technology connected to JavaScript, what would it be? |
| 13. | Are you contributing to any Open Source project or maybe are you maintaining your own Open Source Project? Are you attending any JavaScript conferences? |
| 14. | Which Python open-source libraries do you consider to be valuable and why? |
| 15. | Could you explain the difference between similar frameworks A and B (for example the difference between ASP.NET MVC and Web Forms)? |
| 16. | 履歴書にフレームワークXを記載していましたね。それについてどう思いますか？良い選択ですか？ |
| 17. | (C/C++) What were the constraints for your previous projects? |
| 18. | (C/C++) Which systems did you program for? |
| 19. | (C/C++) Were you coding adhering to any specific standards? |
| 20. | (C++) What are the main differences between C++ and C? |
| 21. | (C/C++) What is pointer arithmetic? |
| 22. | (C++, entry-level) What is the difference between a class and an object? |
| 23. | (C++) What is a lambda expression? |
| 24. | (C/C++) What are locks, what problems do they solve and what are the potential problems with them? |
| 25. | (C/C++, expert) What is volatile, and how does it relate to the question about locks and synchronization? |
| 26. | (C++) How would you create a dynamic array? |
| 27. | (C++) What is RAII? Do other languages have it? |
| 28. | (C++) Can you throw from a destructor? |
| 29. | (C++) Can you inherit a constructor? |
| 30. | (C++) Can you have a virtual constructor? |
| 31. | (C++) What is an interface? |
| 32. | (C++, expert) Can you have an implementation of a pure virtual function? |
| 33. | (C++, expert) Can you have a virtual template function and why? |
| 34. | (C++, expert) How would you implement std::is_same? |
| 35. | (C/C++) What is your favorite change (or a number of changes) in Cnn/C++nn? |
| 36. | (C++) What are the differences between C++98 and C++11? |
| 37. | (C/C++) How would you detect and fix a memory corruption bug? |
| 38. | (C/C++) Do you have experience using custom allocators? |
| 39. | (C/C++) You have framework/library X in your résumé, describe your experience with it. Was using it a good choice? Is there an alternative that you had preferred, or would prefer now? |
| 40. | (C/C++) Which is your preferred build system and why? How does it compare to the competition? |
| 41. | Tell us about the most interesting problem you encountered after publishing an application for users. How did you solve this problem? |
| 42. | Enumerate ready-made components of Material Design whose implementations can be found in the Support library family. |
| 43. | What is your favorite shortcut in Android Studio? |
| 44. | What do you have to do to make an Android application freeze? |
| 45. | How do you deal with fragmentation? |
| 46. | It is also a good idea to ask about the source of the developer’s projects, i.e. PSD or provided by a designer. How do they deal with cutting graphics and cooperating with designers? |
一般的な
| 47. | 最近、何か新しいことや面白いことを知りましたか？ |
| 48. | プログラミングに興味を持ったきっかけは何ですか？ |
| 49. | どのプログラミング環境が一番快適だと感じますか？ |
| 50. | あなたが最も誇りに思っているコードは何ですか？現在、個人的なプロジェクトに取り組んでいますか？ |
| 51. | 皆さんはどのような業界サイトやブログを定期的に読んでいますか？ |
| 52. | 一人で仕事をするのと、チームで仕事をするのとどっちがいいですか？ |
| 53. | これまでに手がけたことのあるサイズのサイトを教えてください。 |
| 54. | From a web software developer’s perspective, what sites do you admire and why? |
| 55. | What’s your favorite development language and why? What other features (if any) do you wish you could add to this language? |
| 56. | 特定の言語や技術に恐怖を感じることはありますか？ |
Fact-based
| 57. | タグとHTML要素の違いは？ |
| 58. | セマンティックHTML」とは？ |
| 59. | ウェブサイトの資産を最適化するには？ |
| 60. | ページの読み込み時間を短縮する3つの方法とは？ |
| 61. | What kind of things must you be wary of when design or developing for multilingual sites? |
| 62. | DOCTYPEの意味は？ |
| 63. | スタンダードモードとクィークモードの違いは？ |
| 64. | XHTMLページを提供する際の制約は？ |
| 65. | 箇条書きリストと番号付きリストの構文の違いは？ |
| 66. | ブラウザにテキストが拾われないようにコメントをつけるにはどうすればいいのでしょうか？ |
| 67. | What is the difference between linking to an image, a website, and an email address? |
| 68. | との違いは？ |
| 69. | HTMLとHTML5のページモデルの違いは？ |
| 70. | さて、HTMLとHTML5の本当の違いは？ |
| 71. | HTML5 で標準搭載されている主な新しい API にはどのようなものがありますか？ |
| 72. | HTML5と旧HTMLのキャッシングの違いは？ |
| 73. | 新しいDOCTYPEとは？ |
| 74. | HTML5の新しいマークアップ要素とは？ |
| 75. | どんな要素が消えたのか？ |
| 76. | HTML5の新しいメディア関連要素とは？ |
| 77. | HTML5の新しい画像要素とは？ |
| 78. | SVG と |
| 79. | HTML5の新しい入力属性は何ですか？ |
| 80. | データ属性は何に役立つのか？ |
| 81. | 労働者はどのような目的で働いているのか、どのようなメリットがあるのでしょうか。 |
| 82. | Cookie、sessionStorage、localStorageの違いを説明してください。 |
| 83. | 印刷用にWebページを最適化するには？ |
| 84. | これまでにローカルで、またはプロダクションで使用した既存の CSS フレームワークを教えてください。それらをどのように変更/改善したいですか？ |
| 85. | レスポンシブデザインとアダプティブデザインの違いは？ |
| 86. | ブラウザがどの要素が CSS セレクタにマッチするかを判断する方法を説明します。 |
| 87. | CSSのクラスとIDの違いは何ですか？ |
| 88. | What’s the difference between “resetting” and “normalizing” CSS? Which would you choose, and why? |
| 89. | できるだけ詳しくAjaxを説明してください。 |
| 90. | What’s the difference between .call and .apply? |
| 91. | What’s the difference between an “attribute” and a “property”? |
| 92. | なぜ組み込みの JavaScript オブジェクトを拡張することは良い考えではないのでしょうか？ |
| 93. | jQueryはJavaScriptの代わりになるのか？ |
| 94. | jQueryのメリットとは？ |
| 95. | jQueryのセレクタで一番速いのはどれ？一番遅いのはどれですか？ |
| 96. | jQueryのコードが実行されている場所 |
Situational or hypothetical questions for web developers
| 97. | I just pulled up the website you built and the browser is displaying a blank page. Walk me through the steps you’d take to troubleshoot the problem. |
| 98. | ウェブサイトが異なるデバイスで正しくレンダリングされません。それを修正するための最初のステップは何ですか？ |
| 99. | 小さなお店のeコマースサイトを開発しています。要件のリストとプロジェクト全体の納品までの時間枠を教えてください。 |
| 100. | A project needs to be deployed in one month but the code, written by a previous developer, is messy and not functional. Do you re-write or start from scratch? Why and what does it depend on? |
| 101. | あなたの知らない技術を使いたいというニーズがあります。あなたはそれを学び始めるか、外注するか、外部の助けを求めるか。 |
| 102. | What is pattern matching? |
| 103. | What are case classes? |
| 104. | Which object-oriented patterns are implemented in Scala? |
| 105. | What is a trait and is there any equivalent in Java? |
| 106. | Which Java open source libraries do you consider to be valuable and why? |
| 107. | Please compare Swift and Objective-C. |
| 108. | Which iOS technologies are in wide use now, and which may become popular in the future? |
| 109. | How can you avoid memory leaks? |
| 110. | Have you had experience tutoring and mentoring someone in Swift? |
| 111. | What are the changes between Rails 4 and Rails 5? |
| 112. | In a Ruby on Rails, where do you write your logic: Models, View or Controllers? Is there any alternative? |
| 113. | What are the main difference between rspec and minitest? |
| 114. | Given a class that has these methods, a. def factorial(number): returns the factorial of #number b. def fibonacci(n): calculates the value of the nth Fibonacci number what unit test would you write? |
| 115. | You have a code and tested a ticket for a new feature on a new page. Just after deploying it to production we detect that the new page loads, but it takes one minute. What do you look at? |
| 116. | Why did you choose Ruby on Rails? |
| 117. | What does Rails add to Ruby? |
| 118. | Have you handled a breach? How did it happen? How could it be prevented? |
| 119. | What’s your opinion about the security engineer role in the company? |
| 120. | What do you think about BYOD (bring your own device)? |
| 121. | What is a threat, vulnerability, exploit, and mitigation? (explain) |
| 122. | What is a SQL Injection and how it differs from XXE? (explain) |
| 123. | What leads to SSTI (server-side template injection) and is it more dangerous than XSS? How do they differ? |
| 124. | What are: IDS, IPS, and EDR. How they differ? |
| 125. | How does asymmetric encryption work? When should you use it? What are the pros and cons in comparison to symmetric encryption? Name one symmetric and one asymmetric encryption algorithm. |
| 126. | What is the difference between stream cipher and block cipher? |
| 127. | What is hashing (cryptographical), what it is used for, when, and how does it differ from encryption? Name one hashing algorithm that should not be used and one “not proven unsecure” |
| 128. | What is PBKDF, how does it work? Why use it? |
| 129. | How CSRF differs from XSS? |
| 130. | What is a fingerprint? |
| 131. | How to check if the downloaded file is correct? |
| 132. | Explain the CIA principle. |
| 133. | What is port knocking? |
| 134. | Name a secure protocol to manage remote servers? |
| 135. | What is rlogin and should it be used? Why? Why not? Explain. |
| 136. | What is hardening? |
| 137. | What is penetration testing? What is vulnerability assessment? How do they differ? What is a security audit? |
| 138. | Name one pentesting guide. |
| 139. | What is PKI (public key infrastructure)? How does it work? |
| 140. | What is Kerberos? What it’s used for? Can it be used in Windows domains? |
| 141. | What is certificate pinning? How to do it properly? |
| 142. | What you do when your private certificate is stolen? |
| 143. | Name one popular vulnerability scanning tool? |
| 144. | What is a blue team, red team, and purple team? Which one is the most important one? |
| 145. | What is DLP, how does it work? |
| 146. | What is WAF? Name one WAF solution. |
| 147. | What is SOP (same origin policy)? |
| 148. | What is CSP (content security policy), when should it be used? |
| 149. | How to mitigate SQL Injection? |
| 150. | What is HSTS? Why should you use it? |
| 151. | Explain how TLS works (in a few sentences). |
| 152. | What is the difference between authorization and authentication? |
| 153. | What are ACLs? How to use them? |
| 154. | Name levels of confidentiality. |
| 155. | What is RADIUS? When should you use it? |
| 156. | What is VLAN, when should you use it? How does VLAN hopping work? |
| 157. | How to secure WiFi in an organization? (network separation) |
| 158. | Name three ways of security testing depending on the level of knowledge of the attacker. Which one is the most reliable and simulates a real-world scenario? |
| 159. | Name every layer of the ISO/OSI model. |
| 160. | What is residual risk? |
| 161. | Imagine you work for a small company. There are several interns employed each month for a short period of time. They need access to some servers and a WiFi network. How will you handle it? |
| 162. | What is a password manager? What should it be used for? |
| 163. | Which policy is better – blacklisting or whitelisting, and why? |
| 164. | Define what a man in the middle attack is. |
| 165. | How does the Diffie-Hellman key exchange (DHKEX) work? |
| 166. | What is SIEM and how does it work? |
| 167. | What are DoS and DDoS? What’s the difference? |
| 168. | How do you prevent DNS spoofing and how do you secure a DNS? |
| 169. | The last two years were occupied by ransomware attacks that caused havoc in organizations and companies which caused giant financial and reputational losses. What steps would you take to prevent such accidents happen in your organization? |
| 170. | Your IDS reported a breach. What would you do to eliminate the threat? |
III. Why whiteboard interview questions don’t work
Whiteboard interviews are still common in tech recruitment but in most cases are inefficient? Whiteboard interviews are essentially tech quizzes which tell you very little about real coding skills. Candidates are asked to invert binary trees on a whiteboard or recall algorithms off the top of their head. To quote coding instructor Quincy Larson,
Unfortunately, interviewing practices at big tech companies aren’t that scientific. The decision of whether to hire a developer usually comes down to the candidate walking up to a whiteboard and regurgitating algorithms that haven’t changed since the 1970s, like a (classically) trained monkey.
Whiteboard testing puzzles don’t resemble the day-to-day work of developers – there are no computers, no access to reference materials. This scenario is unrealistic and as such, tells you very little about one’s real coding abilities. As Quincy Larson wrote,
The only world where you would actually need to be able to recall an algorithm would be a post-apocalyptic one, where the hard drives of all the computers connected to the internet were fried, and all copies of foundational academic papers and computer science textbooks had been reduced to ashes.
18. Whiteboard interview questions to avoid
Here are a few common questions that you should avoid:
| 1. | How do you find the missing number in a given integer array of 1 to 100? |
| 2. | How do you find the middle element of a singly linked list in one pass? |
| 3. | How do you print duplicate characters from a string? |
| 4. | How do you perform an inorder traversal in a given binary tree? |
So if whiteboard interview questions don’t work, what is the solution?
The 4 key requirements for creating quality tasks on DevSkiller
| 1. | Tasks are created by reputable subject-matter experts, also from outside our team. Due to the fact that our test library comprises of over 57 languages, frameworks, and libraries, we use both our development team as well as subject-matter experts who specialize in the tech stack we want to cover |
| 2. | All tasks are in alignment with our RealLifeTesting™ methodology so that they mirror real work. Task concepts are based on real-life work and first-hand experience of the developers creating the tasks, our Tech Team, and most importantly, our customer base (based on their experience and internal needs) |
| 3. | Multiple quality assurance touchpoints are created for every project and every expert, regardless of their level of expertise. This is a safeguarding mechanism to ensure that each and every task added to our library meets our standards |
| 4. | Assigning the right difficulty levels to tasks is based on the results of beta testing and the suggestions of additional technology experts. Furthermore, the scores of each test are constantly monitored after they are published on the platform. In some cases, test difficulty levels and/or time limits are adjusted based on these numbers |
It doesn’t ask a developer to come up with a complicated algorithm to get a predefined result. Instead, the tasks ask the candidate to do real software development, in this case adding features to an address book application using React built on Redux. Through doing this, the developer needs to show expertise in the entire tech stack by solving a real business problem. This task can be used in a code pair interview or as an automatic tech screen. When it is a part of a tech screen, DevSkiller will automatically evaluate the solution the developer comes up with based on whether it works, the cleanliness of the code and the efficiency of the solution. This will tell you whether your candidate has the right coding skill, tech stack experience, and problem-solving ability that you need for the position you want to fill. At DevSkiller, we’ve made it easy for companies to create their own work sample tasks or to choose from our extensive catalog of premade work sample coding tasks in 57+technologies.
Here is a task created using these requirements:
19. Technical interviews focused on work sample coding tasks
Ask your candidate to complete a task which meets the following criteria:
- テストは本格的なワークサンプル
- 候補者が通常仕事で使うであろうすべてのリソースを提供します。
- それは、彼らがあなたのために働き始めるときに直面するであろうビジネス上の問題にタスクをベースにしています。
These tasks should be tailored to the work of the position you will be filling so we can’t feed you questions that work for every developer who uses the tech stack. You can find tests you can use in our coding test catalog or make your own. Here are the requirements DevSkiller has for creating effective coding tasks:
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