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The Hidden Gap: Why Your Cybersecurity Certifications Won’t Get You the Job After years spent in cybersecurity and software, along with preparing for various certifications, my job interviews taught me a hard truth…

I’ve shared all the technical details of this journey on Medium. We’re also offering a 50% discount for the first 100 people to join the Private Beta.

📖 Article: medium.com/@civanonur8/...

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To bridge this gap, I’ve developed SecInterview.ai. This isn't just a "helper", it's a Brutal Senior Mentor. It doesn't just grill you on keywords, but on the depth of your methodology, until your answer is bulletproof.

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Failing to explain the "Domain SID" logic or missing the IMDSv2 bypass details in a SOC, Pentest, or Cloud interview is grounds for rejection. A polite AI won't call you out on this technical shortcoming, but a Senior Lead certainly will.

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A lot of people prepare for interviews using well-known AIs (like ChatGPT, etc.). The problem is, these tools are too polite, shallow, and lack technical depth. When you give a surface-level answer, they tell you "Great!", giving you a false sense of confidence.

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Labs are "ideal" environments. However, in a real senior interview, nobody is going to hand you everything on a silver platter. Interviewers won't just ask "Which tool did you use?"; they'll corner you on "Why did you choose this path and what was your risk analysis?"

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Certifications teach you how to hack in a lab, but they don't teach you how to defend your methodology in an interview. A short thread on the "Hidden Gap" I've noticed through my 4 years of IT and security experience and my CRTP prep... 🧵👇
#CyberSecurity #RedTeam #Career

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Certifications might get you through the door, but they won't win you the interview. 🛡️ I've written about that "Hidden Gap" I keep seeing in interviews. Why should we be talking about the "Why" rather than the "What" in technical interviews?

#Cybersecurity #Career #InterviewPrep #RedTeam #Medium

19.02.2026 12:02 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Sometimes I struggle when doing Bug Bounty. The fact that vulnerabilities I've reported as a pentester, many of which are critical, aren't even considered vulnerabilities on these platforms, especially on HackerOne, exhausts me greatly.

#bugbounty

19.11.2025 19:55 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

☁️ Cloud Pentest Süreçlerinde Atlanan Tehlikeler: Metadata Service Exploitation (AWS, GCP, Azure) Bulut sistemleri sızma testlerinde potansiyel olarak oldukça tehlikeli ve gözden kaçırılması sıkça görünen açıklardan biri, şüphesiz…

Bir süredir yazmıyordum. Bugün, bulut ortamlarında oldukça kritik ama çoğu zaman gözden kaçan bir güvenlik açığına dair yeni bir yazı paylaştım. Keyifli okumalar :)

👇 Yazıya buradan ulaşabilirsiniz:
medium.com/@civanonur8/...

17.07.2025 07:36 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

🛡️ WAF Bypass Teknikleri: Filtreleri Aşmak İçin Karanlık Sanat Web Application Firewall(WAF)’lar, web uygulamalarını SQL injection, XSS, RCE gibi yaygın saldırılara karşı koruyan güvenlik…

WAF kuralları sizi durdurmasın.

Gerçek dünya senaryolarında karşılaşılan filtreleme mekanizmalarını nasıl aşabileceğinizi teknik detaylarla anlattığım yazım yayında.

Link: 👇
medium.com/@civanonur8/...

#cybersecurity #hacking #bypass #waf

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