I applied through a recruiter. The process took 6 days. I interviewed at NCC Group (Leatherhead, England) in Oct 2016
Interview
Went to London for a couple of interviews and NCC was one of them. First interview was a face-to-face talk with the Director in order to let him understand what are my goals, my background, etc. The second one was an Web Application Penetration Test, one of their Lead consultants gave me one computer and ask me to demonstrate, step by step, what I usually do to perform an Web Application Pentest. For each vuln I found he asked me about the criticity, impact, how to solve, and demonstrate a way to explore.
Then it was an infrastructure pentesting. Main goal: reach domain admin. Almost the same questions: Impact, how to explore and "what do you know about <insert-topic-here>"
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
By looking at the output of nbtscan, how do you identify the DC.
The interview was normal and asked expected questions that you would except in an interview for security consultant. No surprises or tricky questions that you couldn't anticipate for the level of the interview
I applied online. I interviewed at NCC Group (Chicago, IL) in Mar 2023
Interview
Practical Assessment and hiring manager discussion. You will get the decision within a week. The practical assessment contains all OWASP 10 vulnerabilities. Hiring manager round discussion depends on the manager
I applied in-person. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at NCC Group (Manchester, England) in Jul 2022
Interview
One external recruiter and then a 2-stage process.
The first stage is internal HR.
The second stage is with the Hiring Manager.
Review my CV and discuss my experiences: nothing strange and a linear process.
Security Consultant applicants have rated the interview process at NCC Group with 2.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 67% positive. To compare, the company-average is 63.6% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Security Consultant roles take an average of 26 days to get hired, when considering 9 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at NCC Group overall takes an average of 21 days.
Common stages of the interview process at NCC Group as a Security Consultant according to 9 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 25%
Phone interview: 19%
Skills test: 19%
Background check: 13%
Group panel interview: 6%
IQ intelligence test: 6%
Personality test: 6%
Presentation: 6%
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