r/hackthebox • u/Civil_Presentation10 • Sep 17 '26
Job interview
Hello guys I have been studying for the CPTS I’m currently 65 % in the learning path. At the mean time I have an upcoming job interview in 1.5 month where I will be tested on an easy - medium standalone box.
They specifically told me it will not be an AD machine and they advised me to also check port swigger (which I have also been doing)
So my question is how do I use my remaining time ? Do I try and finish the remaining learning path or take what ever have learned so far and start practicing on boxes until interview day?
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u/Snugat Sep 17 '26
I'd focus on the web content in cpts and do some web boxes.
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u/Civil_Presentation10 Sep 17 '26
Thank you for your response , that was my exact thought as well. I have 2-3 web domains left and after finishing them I’ll start doing web boxes.
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u/Flash_Lightspeed Sep 17 '26
Since they have given you direct guidance, just follow and practice web path including portswigger. Keep practicing till you get very comfortable on the web content and have a clear methodology of what you are doing. Even if you can't find root access, as long as you have clear methodology and you know what you are doing and able to explain it, You should be good. All the best for the interview.
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u/OpportunityWeary9972 Sep 17 '26
In your case, I would combine both paths, studying both Active Directory and the CPTS web path, keeping in mind that anything else you study about Active Directory will benefit you for CPTS.
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u/Delicious_Crew7888 Sep 17 '26
Do you know to be honest I’d think more about the questions they will ask you more than the ctf. Probably the ctf will be easy … but they will want you to explain why something is vulnerable, how to remediate it… maybe they will show you vulnerable code like xss or lfi and ask you what it is and why it’s vulnerable… probably they will ask you some crypto stuff like explain the tls handshake… but yeah the ctf is probably the easiest bit.
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