Interview prep · Cybersecurity interviews
Cybersecurity interviews
Security interviews mix fundamentals, a scenario or two, and how you communicate risk to people who aren't in security. Be ready to show your reasoning, not just the answer.
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Fundamentals they test
- Networking: TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP(S) and TLS, what a normal connection looks like, and how you'd spot an odd one.
- Operating systems: Windows event logs, Active Directory and Kerberos basics; Linux processes, permissions and logs.
- Identity: MFA, SSO, OAuth/OIDC at a high level, and common attacks on each (phishing, token theft, password spraying).
- Cloud: the shared responsibility model, IAM roles and policies, logging (CloudTrail, Azure activity logs) and common misconfigurations.
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