Someone in HR reached out to me with some basic biographical questions and set up a meeting with a technical interviewer at a later date. The technical interview was a basic phone call, lasted about half an hour. Didn't make it past this point.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Some questions regarding my past projects, then some language specific questions, and finally some questions relating to cybersecurity.
I applied online. I interviewed at Viasat in May 2022
Interview
The interview process took around 3 weeks. 1 phone screen, 1 technical interview, and 1 panel interview with 4 team members. Know networking and some Linux commands relating to security
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Symmetric vs asymmetric keys, port numbers, tcp vs udp, Linux commands, 3 way handshake
Cyber Security Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Viasat 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 64.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Common stages of the interview process at Viasat as a Cyber Security Engineer according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 25%
Personality test: 13%
Group panel interview: 13%
Skills test: 13%
One on one interview: 13%
Presentation: 13%
IQ intelligence test: 13%
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