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How do you talk about a lab project without inventing work experience?
How do you talk about a lab project without inventing work experience? Be clear it was your own lab , not a real client job. Then describe build, proof, fix and re-test. “On my own lab for a fictional company, I found and fixed SQL injection, then checked the fix worked.” “This was my own lab, not p
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Short answer
Be clear it was your own lab, not a real client job. Then describe build, proof, fix and re-test.
Example
“On my own lab for a fictional company, I found and fixed SQL injection, then checked the fix worked.”
Say it in the interview
“This was my own lab, not production. Here is what I built, broke, fixed and re-verified.”
Why it matters
Honesty about lab scope builds more trust than claiming real red-team work you did not do.
Learn more in the lesson: 46.1 How to Answer Cyber / SOC / Cloud Security Interviews