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About this interview
A technical interview on DevSecOps and Security Program Governance, pitched at the hard level. A voice AI interviewer leads the conversation, adapts its questions to your answers, keeps you on topic, and afterward gives you honest, specific feedback on where you were strong and where to improve. Expect roughly 30 minutes.
What you'll be assessed on
Explain how to embed security gates (SAST, DAST, SCA, secrets scanning) into a CI/CD pipeline
Describe risk management frameworks (NIST RMF, ISO 27001) and how organizations use them
Articulate the purpose of a Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) and supply-chain security controls
Explain the role of GRC programs in aligning security controls to regulatory requirements (SOC 2, PCI-DSS, HIPAA)
Describe vulnerability management lifecycle: discovery, prioritization (CVSS/EPSS), remediation SLAs, and exception handling
Topics covered
DevSecOps PhilosophyCI/CD Security GatesSBOM and Supply-Chain SecurityRisk Management FrameworksVulnerability ManagementGRC and ComplianceThreat ModelingSecurity Metrics and Program GovernanceSecurity Program Design
A few sample questions
Just examples to set expectations - the real interview has many more and adapts to your responses.
“In your own words, what does DevSecOps actually mean, and how is it different from the older model where a security team did a big review at the end of a release cycle?
“What are the main security and technical safeguards that HIPAA requires for organizations handling protected health information, and how would a DevSecOps team embed those controls into their pipelines?
“What is SLSA, and how do its provenance levels actually help an organization defend against the kinds of attacks that compromised SolarWinds?