Cybersecurity hiring guide
Hire a Penetration Tester
Penetration testers simulate realistic attacks against applications, APIs, networks, and cloud environments, then translate evidence into practical remediation.
Core skills to verify
- Burp Suite and web testing
- Network enumeration
- Cloud attack paths
- Evidence-led technical reporting
What a strong hire should deliver
- Validated exploitable findings
- Reproducible proof of impact
- Risk-ranked remediation guidance
- Clear retest evidence
Practical interview checks
Use work-sample questions rather than relying on tool lists or certifications alone.
- 01Scope a safe assessment
- 02Walk through a chained exploit
- 03Separate impact from scanner severity
- 04Rewrite a sample finding for engineers