🎤 Mock Interview (PHP Developer – Security Focus)
🧑💼 HR Round
1. Tell me about yourself.
👉 (Expected: background, skills, projects, current work)
2. Why do you want to work with our company?
👉 Tip: Avoid generic answers like “growth” only.
3. What is your biggest strength?
4. What is your biggest weakness?
5. Describe a challenging project you worked on.
6. Where do you see yourself in 3–5 years?
7. Why should we hire you?
8. Have you ever faced a failure? What did you learn?
💻 Technical Round (PHP + Security)
🟢 Basic
9. What is the difference between GET and POST?
10. What is session and cookie?
11. How do you connect PHP to MySQL?
12. What is MVC architecture?
🟡 Intermediate (Important 🔥)
13. What is SQL Injection? How do you prevent it?
👉 Expect: Prepared Statements
14. What is XSS? Give example and prevention.
15. What is CSRF? How do you implement protection?
16. How does password_hash() work?
17. What is the difference between authentication and authorization?
18. How do you secure user login system?
👉 Expect:
- Password hashing
- Prepared statements
- Session security
🔴 Advanced (High-Level)
19. How would you secure a file upload feature?
20. What steps will you take to secure a REST API?
21. What is session hijacking and prevention?
22. How do you prevent brute force attacks?
23. What security headers have you used?
👉 Example:
- X-Frame-Options
- CSP
- X-XSS-Protection
24. What is rate limiting? Have you implemented it?
🧪 Practical Coding Question
25. Write secure login code (pseudo or real)
👉 Must include:
- Prepared statements
- password_verify()
- Session handling
🧠 Bonus Rapid Fire
- What is HTTPS?
- What is hashing vs encryption?
- What is JWT?
- What is OWASP Top 10?
⭐ How to Use This
👉 Option 1:
Answer one by one, I’ll evaluate like interviewer
👉 Option 2:
Say “give answers” → I’ll provide perfect answers
👉 Option 3:
Say “take my interview” → I’ll do live interactive interview mode
