Tips when interviewing for security jobs:

<aside> 💡 Don’t badmouth the security of your last employer.

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The interviewer will just wonder if you’d do the same after working for them.

<aside> 💡 Have the job description handy.

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Before the interview, re-read the sections about “minimum qualifications” and “preferred qualifications.”

Guess what kind of questions interviewers will ask about those qualifications, and think ahead about how you might answer.

<aside> 💡 Not all security job interviews are technical!

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Plenty of security roles involve interviews with people who are not asking technical questions.

Sometimes they’re a senior person on the team trying to get a read on you, or someone doing a “behavioral interview” to get a sense of your leadership skills.

<aside> 💡 AI can help you practice and prepare for interviews.

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Rehearse for your interviews:

• Upload a job description for a role you want.
• Prompt the AI to take the role of interviewer, using voice to text for some verbal engagement.
• Then ask the AI to give you feedback about how you did. Rinse and repeat.

For writing, use AI judiciously. If you rely too heavily on AI to write your cover letters or other material, you will sound like everyone else doing that.

Some employers even ask you to verify that you won’t/didn’t use AI as part of your applications/interviews.