Model N Mock Interview

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In Java, why shouldn't you use strings to store a password?

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Ryan Brunner

Ryan Brunner has over ten years of experience recruiting, interviewing, and hiring candidates in the healthcare, public service, and private manufacturing/distribution industries.

While this may seem like a rudimentary question regarding your knowledge of Java, your interviewer is looking to ideally hear that you understand the principle differences between string and character arrays. Asking about the storage of passwords within a system gives you the opportunity here to point out the differences between the two. In the end, while explaining the differences, be sure to tie it back to the original question on why strings shouldn't be used to store passwords.

Ryan Brunner

Ryan Brunner has over ten years of experience recruiting, interviewing, and hiring candidates in the healthcare, public service, and private manufacturing/distribution industries.

"To store a password, character array is the obvious best choice because character arrays are mutable. If a string was utilized to store passwords, a definite security risk would be present to anyone that would have access to the memory dump from the system."

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28Model N Interview Questions & Answers

1.Model N embraces an Agile environment. Explain your experience in Agile methodologies and why you think it is important.

2.Model N hires developers with a strong understanding of object-oriented programming. Discuss your knowledge in this area.

3.Can you describe the software development lifecycle?

4.When would you utilize a trigger within Oracle to execute a function automatically?

5.Do you have experience working with data in a cloud computing environment?

6.In your experience in software testing, would you consider yourself proficient in both testing and debugging processes?

7.Culture fit is important to us at Model N. How would you describe your personality?

8.What do you know about our products and how do you think you'll be able to handle a support role surrounding them?

9.In our consulting services here at Model N, we often have to work with people who aren't very tech savvy. How would you handle a situation like this if hired for this role?

10.What software analysis and design tools do you have familiarity working with?

11.Do you have experience working with different CASE tools? If so, what do you have experience with?

12.How do you feel cloud computing has positively impacted the software industry?

13.Here at Model N, we strive for continuous delivery and continuous deployment with our software. Are you familiar with these processes in your current work?

14.Do you have any unique skills or past work experiences that we can't see on your resume that would benefit the team here at Model N?

15.If hired for this position here at Model N, would you be comfortable handling overall project manager responsibilities for new software development?

16.What would you say is your top non-technical skill that will help you succeed in this role here at Model N?

17.What programming languages would you consider yourself fluent in?

18.What do you feel are the primary features and benefits of the Java programming language?

19.In Java, why shouldn't you use strings to store a password?

20.As a consultant with Model N, your role will be vital in gather information from our customers in building new technology for them. What would be your goals in an initial consultation with a new or existing client?

21.How do you keep up-to-date on new technologies and trends in this industry?

22.What skills do you use to cope with the day to day stress and pressure on the job?

23.Talk about a recent successful project that you worked on that required you to navigate some troubled waters during the project. What were the roadblocks and how did you overcome them?

24.If hired for this position at Model N, what leadership skills would you bring to our team?

25.Walk me through your experience in enterprise software sales, and complex sales cycles.

26.In a technical support role here at Model N, we expect that you would be able to bring great customer service skills to the role. Describe your customer service philosophy in the support that you would provide.