Security Analyst

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Interview Questions (32)

Q1What tools do you find most effective for SIEM log review and alert triage, and why?
Technical
Q2Can you describe a time when you had to work as part of a team to solve a security issue?
Behavioral
Q3Describe a time when you had to work under a tight deadline. How did you manage your time and ensure project completion?
Behavioral
Q4Can you describe a challenging penetration test you conducted and the outcome of that engagement?
Experience
Q5What do you believe is the most pressing cybersecurity issue today?
Technical
Q6What specific cybersecurity tools or technologies do you hope to work with during your Master's program at RTU?
Motivational
Q7If you discovered a vulnerability in a system, what steps would you take to address it?
Situational
Q8What are the key benefits you see in studying cybersecurity at Riga Technical University compared to other institutions?
Motivational
Q9If you were tasked with securing a CRM system, what initial steps would you take to assess its vulnerabilities?
Situational
Q10Can you explain a specific instance where you reduced false positives in SIEM alerts, and what methods you used to achieve this?
Experience
Q11How do you approach tuning alerts and dashboards to improve detection accuracy in a high-volume SOC environment?
Technical
Q12How do you prioritize alerts when investigating multiple security incidents simultaneously?
Situational
Q13How do you prioritize incidents when managing a high volume of alerts in a 24x7 SOC environment?
Situational
Q14Can you describe a complex incident you managed and the steps you took to ensure its resolution?
Experience
Q15Describe a challenging situation you faced while implementing IAM policies and how you resolved it.
Behavioral
Q16What steps would you take if you discovered a potential security vulnerability in a live application?
Situational
Q17Describe a time when you had to manage a security risk in a project. How did you approach it?
Behavioral
Q18What are the three pillars of cloud security?
Technical
Q19What are the challenges with using our pre-existing SIEM in the cloud?
Technical
Q20What are the top security concerns in SaaS deployment models?
Technical
Q21We continuously have vulnerabilities that reoccur on our EC2 instances in AWS. How do you identify the source of those vulnerabilities and resolve them permanently?
Situational
Q22What is the new type of DDoS in the cloud that does not exist on-premise?
Technical
Q23What is a unified platform used to manage the security posture of multiple cloud providers at once?
Technical
Q24What does a Firewall do, and how does it typically decide on what traffic to allow or block?
Technical
Q25What is NAT and how does it work?
Technical
Q26Difference between IPS, IDS, and a firewall?
Technical
Q27What is 802.1X and how does it integrate with NAC?
Technical
Q28Walk me through your incident response process for a confirmed malware infection.
Situational
Q29User reports their account is being locked out repeatedly. How do you investigate?
Situational
Q30What's the difference between Windows Security event 4624 vs 4625 vs 4634?
Technical
Q31Explain how you'd detect DNS tunneling using Splunk.
Technical
Q32Why does a SOC analyst need to know networking?
Motivational