CSA (Cyber Security Agency)

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I got a reply 3 days after the take-home assignment submission

nice. congrats on the update, what did it say? schedule interview?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

nice. congrats on the update, what did it say? schedule interview?

Scheduled HR Interview, and reiterating that it's not the final interview

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Scheduled HR Interview, and reiterating that it's not the final interview

HR round likely a formality, are you a fresh or mid career

I finished my final interview. It was quite bad. Supposed to have 3 interviewers (including HR). But only 2 appear. They keep asking what dept in CSA you want to apply for. After I say pentest, they say most likely cannot because very few ppl can and they already won competitions and got cybersecurity certs. They seem to want full fledged cybersecurity ppl to join, which is strange because I thought it was a training program. Like if ppl already expert then why not directly apply as pentester instead of this program? And then they keep wanting to manage expectations and say are you flexible if we post you to any random dept that is not your choice?

Actually the whole journey already very stupid. They keep asking you to fill in the personal particulars form in a very specific way. I used a Mac and apparently cannot, and I got to somehow get a windows PC with adobe Acrobat just to fill in.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

I finished my final interview. It was quite bad. Supposed to have 3 interviewers (including HR). But only 2 appear. They keep asking what dept in CSA you want to apply for. After I say pentest, they say most likely cannot because very few ppl can and they already won competitions and got cybersecurity certs. They seem to want full fledged cybersecurity ppl to join, which is strange because I thought it was a training program. Like if ppl already expert then why not directly apply as pentester instead of this program? And then they keep wanting to manage expectations and say are you flexible if we post you to any random dept that is not your choice?

Actually the whole journey already very stupid. They keep asking you to fill in the personal particulars form in a very specific way. I used a Mac and apparently cannot, and I got to somehow get a windows PC with adobe Acrobat just to fill in.

Fresh grad here with EEE degree bkground. finished interview 3 weeks ago and mine was only 2 as well, I was told the other interviewer caught covid :/
I take it as heng lo cos if 3 I don't think I would have passed the technical questioning part.

They kept telling me that the 3 months very shiong and to be open-minded about where to post. Honestly as a fresh grad idm, as I don't have all those cyber certs also.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

I finished my final interview. It was quite bad. Supposed to have 3 interviewers (including HR). But only 2 appear. They keep asking what dept in CSA you want to apply for. After I say pentest, they say most likely cannot because very few ppl can and they already won competitions and got cybersecurity certs. They seem to want full fledged cybersecurity ppl to join, which is strange because I thought it was a training program. Like if ppl already expert then why not directly apply as pentester instead of this program? And then they keep wanting to manage expectations and say are you flexible if we post you to any random dept that is not your choice?

Actually the whole journey already very stupid. They keep asking you to fill in the personal particulars form in a very specific way. I used a Mac and apparently cannot, and I got to somehow get a windows PC with adobe Acrobat just to fill in.

Bro use brain la. If everyone think like you then might as well open CSA university right?
Admin stuff like fill up form also call stupid.. haven't even join alr kpkb. I pray for the organisation that hire you bro ..

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Bro use brain la. If everyone think like you then might as well open CSA university right?
Admin stuff like fill up form also call stupid.. haven't even join alr kpkb. I pray for the organisation that hire you bro ..

Do you even know the purpose of CSDP?

You are indeed suitable to join a civil service like CSA. Do stuff for the sake of doing stuff.

But ironically you probably cannot even get in if you wanted.

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Fresh grad here with EEE degree bkground. finished interview 3 weeks ago and mine was only 2 as well, I was told the other interviewer caught covid :/
I take it as heng lo cos if 3 I don't think I would have passed the technical questioning part.

They kept telling me that the 3 months very shiong and to be open-minded about where to post. Honestly as a fresh grad idm, as I don't have all those cyber certs also.

since its been 3 weeks, do you have any updates?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

since its been 3 weeks, do you have any updates?

I got the offer and will be joining, quite anxious about the classroom training phase tho,

Originally Posted by Unregistered

I got the offer and will be joining, quite anxious about the classroom training phase tho,

How long did u wait after the final interview to get the offer?