I applied online. I interviewed at 6sense (Bengaluru) in Apr 2021
Interview
The interview process is very lengthy and has total 9 rounds. All of them were taken by different interviewer. All the interviewers will be Managers and CXOs. Yes, even viral took my interview who is the CTO.
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About security operations Cloud security questions AWS architecture and security MDM security Vulnerability assessment and penetration testing Product logging and monitoring
I applied online. I interviewed at 6sense (San Andreas, CA) in Mar 2021
Interview
The interview process was very smooth from HR point of view. They were on to it and helped me with each and every process, even after getting selected HR helped through and through.
The interview on the other hand was very lengthy and difficult, it makes sense because the pay is really good and the team hires only them who know there stuff.
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I had total 10 rounds of interview, each round was based on the last round, interview had both theoretical as well as practical rounds. For security you have to be well versed in end to end security, including:
1. DevOps security
2. Application Security
3. Infrastructure security
4. Shell scripting.
5. Penetration testing.
6. AWS modules and security as a code.
7. Policies and preventions.
8. Coding - python, ansible, yara rules
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at 6sense (Austin, TX) in Feb 2021
Interview
Smooth, crisp and fast. These guys asked me mostly about the overall process improvement. discussions on aws environment, what controls will be implemented. I had 5 rounds - 1 phone screening of 45 mins and 4 video rounds on zoom (due to covid). Salary offered was phenomenal.
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Scenario based questions about OWASP security. Mitigations. AWS environments. improvements on overall security structure. SSDLC process, tools specific questions on implementations. DevsecOps. What happens if you type google in the browser and the possible threats.
Security Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at 6sense with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 55.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Common stages of the interview process at 6sense as a Security Engineer according to 1 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 50%
One on one interview: 50%
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