Common interview questions for a SOC analyst career

In the following sections, you will learn about common interview questions, including general knowledge, attack types, and tools, that you might experience in interviews for a SOC analyst position. The questions are listed with answers. A key item to note is that you want to keep your answers as short as possible during the interview and then just ask the interviewer whether they need you to expand upon the subject.

Remember that clear and concise make the interview nice.

General SOC knowledge questions

In this section, you will see some general SOC knowledge questions that might be asked in a SOC analyst interview:

• What is information security and how is it achieved?

Information security just means protecting the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information. It is achieved through risk management, where you identify the valuable information, identify any assets related to that information, identify...