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Detect Stolen Badge Entry

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Problem

How would you determine or detect if someone entered the office building using a stolen badge?

Asked in the Virtual Onsite stage. This is a scenario-based question about detecting unauthorized badge usage using historical logs or anomaly detection models.

Requirements

  1. Define what counts as a suspicious entry event versus normal badge usage.
  2. Describe the metric or score you would use to flag likely stolen-badge access.
  3. Explain how you would validate the signal against known incidents and false positives.
  4. Identify the key data tables or logs needed to support the analysis.