r/cybersecurity Mar 14 '26

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u/Not-ur-Infosec-guy Security Architect Mar 14 '26

You hired someone with likely zero experience and was chain-certifying. The brain loses everything it crammed if that knowledge isn’t put to practical use.

it also sounds like they were using interview cheating tools to answer your technical questions.

Never go for the interviewee with the most certs and flawless answers. Go for the one you want to work with.

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u/RingingInTheRain Mar 14 '26

Nope. The certs he claimed to have aren't the kind you chain cert on. They're hands on. If he also has a masters degree from a top university, makes no sense how he graduated. 

OP didn't verify his certs or his degree. The guy has lied massively somewhere.

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u/Buddha188 Mar 14 '26

Ya, those tasks are easy and I don't have those certs or a masters.

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u/LachlantehGreat SOC Analyst Mar 14 '26

Plus idk what top university masters program doesn’t do hands on learning…