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Hack the Cybersecurity Interview

By : Kenneth Underhill, Christophe Foulon, Tia Hopkins
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Hack the Cybersecurity Interview

By: Kenneth Underhill, Christophe Foulon, Tia Hopkins

Overview of this book

This book is a comprehensive guide that helps both entry-level and experienced cybersecurity professionals prepare for interviews in a wide variety of career areas. Complete with the authors’ answers to different cybersecurity interview questions, this easy-to-follow and actionable book will help you get ready and be confident. You’ll learn how to prepare and form a winning strategy for job interviews. In addition to this, you’ll also understand the most common technical and behavioral interview questions, learning from real cybersecurity professionals and executives with years of industry experience. By the end of this book, you’ll be able to apply the knowledge you've gained to confidently pass your next job interview and achieve success on your cybersecurity career path.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
1
Part 1: Hacking Yourself
3
Part 2: Cybersecurity Careers and Interview Questions
11
Part 3: Cybersecurity Management Careers and Interview Questions

Summary

In this chapter, you learned about common interview questions asked in many job interviews. Studying these questions and writing down your answers to them in advance of a job interview can help the interview be less stressful. Speaking of stress, you also learned a simple method for analyzing a situation to help lower your stress level about the situation. You also learned how to hack yourself for job interviews. Understanding yourself and your situation (situational awareness) is critical to your success in job interviews and in life.

In the next chapter, you will learn about SOC analyst careers and some common knowledge questions you might be asked in a job interview.