Penetration Testing Skills Test

The Penetration Testing Skills Test helps recruiters and hiring managers evaluate a candidate's expertise in ethical hacking and security assessment. It enables organizations to streamline hiring for cybersecurity roles by validating skills in reconnaissance, exploitation, post‑exploitation, reporting, and mitigation.

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Penetration Testing Skills Test

Cyber Security Penetration Testing is also known as pen-testing. The key function of penetration testing is to identify the security weaknesses of an organization and test security policies. Penetration Testing is also known as ethical hacking, which checks security systems and finds security vulnerabilities that hackers could exploit.

Penetration Testing skills test helps recruiters and hiring managers assess candidates' penetration testing skills before the interview. Penetration Testing skills assessment is designed by experienced subject matter experts (SMEs) to evaluate and hire penetration tester as per industry standards.

Discover the fundamental penetration testing skills outlined below, which are imperative for achieving proficiency and excelling in the role.

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How it works

Test Summary

Penetration Testing skills assessment helps to screen the candidates who possess skills as follows:

Ability to conduct penetration testing to understand security risks
Planning and performing penetration tests on computer systems, networks, or web-based applications
Strong knowledge of application security and the ability to identify vulnerabilities
Knowledge of offensive security, security technology, SOC and CSIRT, security monitoring, hacking, cryptography, etc.

Penetration testing skills test is a secure and reliable way to assess candidates. You can use our role-based access control feature to restrict system access based on the roles of individual users within the recruiting team. Features like window violation, image, audio/video proctoring help detect cheating during the test.

This test may contain MCQs (Multiple Choice Questions), MAQs (Multiple Answer Questions), Fill in the Blanks, Whiteboard Questions, Audio / Video Questions, LogicBox (AI-based Pseudo-Coding Platform), Coding Simulators, True or False Questions, etc.

Useful for hiring

Penetration Tester
Application Security Engineer - Penetration Testing
Security Analyst- Penetration Testing
Penetration Engineer
Information Security Consultant - Penetration Testing

Test Duration

min

No. of Questions

Level of Expertise

Entry Level/Mid

Topics Covered

Offensive Security

This test evaluates a candidate's ability to identify, exploit, and report system vulnerabilities through ethical hacking and red team methodologies.

Security Technology

This test assesses a candidate's knowledge of modern security tools, firewalls, intrusion detection systems (IDS), and endpoint protection platforms used during and after penetration testing.

SOC and CSIRT

This test evaluates a candidate's understanding of Security Operations Center (SOC) and Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT) roles and how penetration testing aligns with their workflows.

Security Monitoring

This test assesses a candidate's ability to interpret logs, alerts, and monitoring data to simulate or identify attack patterns during security assessments.

Hacking

This test evaluates a candidate's practical skills in ethical hacking techniques such as reconnaissance, privilege escalation, exploitation, and lateral movement.

Forensic and Malware Practices

This test assesses a candidate's understanding of basic forensic analysis, malware behavior, and post-exploitation evidence handling in penetration testing contexts.