I disagree with your 1st suggestion. When hiring someone, I expect them to have a clear, concise, mature explanation. Gossiping in response with “lemme tell you

I disagree with your 1st suggestion. When hiring someone, I expect them to have a clear, concise, mature explanation. Gossiping in response with “lemme tell you about their...” is a big red flag to me. I don’t want to hire a blabber mouth. I think an appropriate answer is more in line with your second and third comments. I think it is fine to say “I left months before they had this problem. Perhaps they are looking for a scape goat and I’m convenient. I’d be happy to discuss my opinions of security design in general, but I won’t discuss specifics of what was done at that company while I was there. I may not have agreed with their choices. I’ve made the choice to leave there”