My preference is for a question and answer format coupled with a simple coding test in preference to a couple of hours spent solving coding tests

Successful delivery of software gets easier with experience, I don't make the level of mistakes I made 15 years ago, I often *know* the answer to a problem now without...

Certificates are a useful part of a security scheme but surely platform vendors need to do more to build infrastructure into OS's etc for managing them more effectively?

Great advice, hope I can stick to it!

There are also legal issues surrounding this. Certainly in the UK you would normally have watertight clauses in your employment contract regarding data theft, non-disclosure.

There was a data leak...