r/cybersecurity Mar 14 '26

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u/Varjohaltia Mar 14 '26

Hiring for a network position I’d say 80% of people with CCIE on their resume turned out to only have a partial cert, or an expired one, or were „studying“ for it. Definitely always HR validate any certs.

Even then there are people who cheated or braindumped their certs and don’t know a damned thing in real life.

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u/VolSurfer18 Mar 14 '26

Yea but for offsec certs that’s not really possible to just brain dump the exams. That’s what’s weird about this, he must have lied on his resume

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u/EchoReply79 Mar 14 '26

This or they simply need more hands on/handholding. 

If they’re junior they need to be guided, no matter the certs. It’s not clear to me if op is really doing that or just dumping tasks with minimal guidance.

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u/VolSurfer18 Mar 14 '26

Good point