Security Interview Questions

11 real Security questions asked in live technical interviews — each with a model answer. Updated weekly.

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What type of encryption is used in an S3 bucket?🟢 Easy · Conceptual · Asked 2×You should not allow your MCP to run arbitrary code because it can be dangerous. How would you restrict the MCP to only allow certain operations, such as predefined safe SQL statements?🟡 Medium · Conceptual · Asked 1×How would you restrict the MCP to only allow predefined safe SQL operations?🟡 Medium · Conceptual · Asked 1×Would you allow your MCP to execute arbitrary SQL against a connected SQL database?🟡 Medium · Conceptual · Asked 1×In your architecture, suppose a user can access a catalog but not a particular table, yet your MCP server has full access to that table. How would you prevent this privilege escalation?🟡 Medium · Conceptual · Asked 1×Suppose you discovered that the MCP servers are returning sensitive columns such as credit card and category information to an element. How would you fix this architecturally?🟡 Medium · Conceptual · Asked 1×What would be your approach for the new MCP clients or authentication, and how would you ensure everything is covered?🟡 Medium · Conceptual · Asked 1×How do you secure data in Databricks?🟡 Medium · Conceptual · Asked 1×Do you normally deploy dbt code/models from one environment to another? For example, working in a dev instance of Databricks and then moving to production. How do you manage environment variables, connections, and passwords to keep them secure and easy to manage?🟡 Medium · Conceptual · Asked 1×What measures would you take to ensure that a script handles data securely, especially when connecting to databases and APIs?🟡 Medium · Conceptual · Asked 1×Is data leakage a concern?🟢 Easy · Conceptual · Asked 1×

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