Application Security Analyst Interview Questions

240 application security analyst interview questions shared by candidates

You are given a list of n-1 integers and these integers are in the range of 1 to n. There are no duplicates in list. One of the integers is missing in the list. Write an efficient code to find the missing integer.
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SAST - (Static Application Security Testing)

Interviewed at CDK Global

3.4
Jan 1, 2026

You are given a list of n-1 integers and these integers are in the range of 1 to n. There are no duplicates in list. One of the integers is missing in the list. Write an efficient code to find the missing integer.

What's the difference between IDS vs Firewall Talk about AWS security protections and best practices How do you tune a firewall What security frameworks do you use Tell me about a time you received difficult feedback, and how did you handle it? How would you, personally, incorporate diversity practices into the workplace? Explain CSRF, CORS, SOP.
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Senior Application Security Engineer

Interviewed at Alma

2.7
Mar 18, 2023

What's the difference between IDS vs Firewall Talk about AWS security protections and best practices How do you tune a firewall What security frameworks do you use Tell me about a time you received difficult feedback, and how did you handle it? How would you, personally, incorporate diversity practices into the workplace? Explain CSRF, CORS, SOP.

30% questions did not make any sense, like manually HTML encode the payload or how you perform xss without any browser. A few questions were on Mobile pentesting, and the answers he said at the end were wrong xd,later checked it on internet.
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Application Security Engineer

Interviewed at Zeta

3.4
Jun 29, 2024

30% questions did not make any sense, like manually HTML encode the payload or how you perform xss without any browser. A few questions were on Mobile pentesting, and the answers he said at the end were wrong xd,later checked it on internet.

What is SQLi and how to mitigate it? What is XSS and how to mitigate it? perform threat modeling on a smart home security system. basic scripting with python what is insecure deserialization and how to fix it what is SSRF and how to exploit it
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Application Security Engineer

Interviewed at Amazon

3.5
Oct 23, 2023

What is SQLi and how to mitigate it? What is XSS and how to mitigate it? perform threat modeling on a smart home security system. basic scripting with python what is insecure deserialization and how to fix it what is SSRF and how to exploit it

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