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General Tips

Before the Interview Tips

  • Research company
    • Know what they do
    • Know a little about their history
    • Know what services they offer
    • Look them up on Glassdoor.com
  • Research Interviewer
  • Study appropriate material
  • Reread the job description

During the Interview Tips

  • ​Ask Questions
  • Let them know when you don't know an answer but do your best to answer anyway
  • Have a copy of your resume
  • Ensure your mic and camera work (if remote)
  • Ensure the room is distraction free and quite (if remote)
  • Thank them for their time

Specific Role Tips

SOC Analyst

Junior SOC Analyst interviews are pretty straightforward compared to other interview types. Almost everyone will be centered around information on the CompTIA Security+ exam.

Before your interview make your you review your study materials especially topics such as:
  • Networking
  • Incident Response
  • Ports and Services
  • Malware
  • Cryptography

Recommended Blogs
Top 8 Junior SOC Analyst Interview Questions to Study

Pen Testing

This one is tough because they could ask almost anything. Spend time on HTB working your way through some boxes. Make sure you are familiar with the following:
  • Attacker Methodology
  • Persistence Mechanisms
  • SMB/Netbios
  • Web Attacks (XSS, Command Injection, SQLi, CSRF, etc.)
  • Enumeration
  • Pivoting Techniques

Other Interview Resources

Thank you u/iamnihal_15 for the suggestions.

Daniel Miessler's Interview Questions

Jigerjain's Interview Tips
pbnj's Infosec Interview Questions
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