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Timed coding + security screen
Connect "Expect a technical screen built around a medium-hard coding problem with a security overlay" to the decision you would make.
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Expect a technical screen built around a medium-hard coding problem with a security overlay. You write clean code under a clock and you carry a threat lens while you do it. The only honest prep is to run that exact constraint on yourself, on a timer, out loud. The job description confirms the technical screens and a compact onsite with a small project, but the round list and timings in this capstone are drill budgets, so confirm the real sequence with your recruiter. The interview-loop module marks what is confirmed and what is inference.
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The Mock Loop at a Glance
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Each section of this capstone is one timed stage. Run them in order and self-grade before the real loop. The minutes are your drill budget, not Cursor's published format.
Set a 45-minute timer and pick a problem that forces you to handle untrusted input: parse and validate a config file, build a URL allowlist for an outbound fetcher or sanitize a path before a file read. The coding bar is real, so the code has to compile and pass your own tests. The security bar is a second axis, graded in parallel.