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Job Interviews: Part 1 Acing the Security Interview - 10 Top Tips

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This is the first of two posts about interviews. In this one I’ll focus on interviewing for a role. In the next one we’ll look at how to conduct better interviews. I’m going to make both of these posts more about general tips rather than specific points about particular skills or roles for which there are plenty of great resources already. I suspect many of you reading this might be well practiced but many more of you might be starting out in your career and hopefully will pick up some useful insights here. But having said that, I’ve interviewed a lot of experienced people for senior roles over the years who actually could have done with a refresher on these very topics so this subject is always worth approaching with a bit of humility no matter how much experience and self-regard you have. Research the organization you are applying for. This might be obvious but it is astounding how often people don’t do this. Your, hopefully, intelligent and curious questions will be informed most by

This is the first of two posts about interviews. In this one I’ll focus on interviewing for a role. In the next one we’ll look at how to conduct better interviews. I’m going to make both of these posts more about general tips rather than specific points about particular skills or roles for which there are plenty of great resources already. I suspect many of you reading this might be well practiced but many more of you might be starting out in your career and hopefully will pick up some useful insights here. But having said that, I’ve interviewed a lot of experienced people for senior roles ove

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