SOC Analyst (Cybersecurity) Interview Questions and Answers!

Watch this video before your next SOC Analyst (Cybersecurity) interview! Are you trying and failing to get hired? You’re not going to want to miss this video!

Timeline
0:00 Intro
0:15 Brain dump questions
3:05 Situational questions
4:51 Soft skills
5:24 End of the interview

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[xCheddarBbx]

2:32 answer the question asked, then stop. If you hit a home run with hashing versus encryption, then launch unsolicited into exposition on cryptography and get lost or blanked out, you've erred. Answer the question asked, then stop.

Wait for the time for you to ask questions, then try to evolve the interview into a conversation. (interview jacking? lol) Most interviewers hate doing interviews... exploit this. Give brief, confident, and correct answers to the predictable knock out technical questions so they can get to the conversational portion faster.

Finally, some interviews will explore for the boundaries or limits of your level of knowledge. It exists. Get comfortable with finding it, probing it, expanding it, and being able to experience it in an interview setting without melting down. "I have heard of that but need to do more research. I will look that up for study before I go down to sleep tonight. Thank you."

[master]

Just want to say thank you so much Mad Hat. You pushed me to transition from IT Support to Cyber and I can happily say this video helped me secure my first SoC Analyst role!

[abrennen]

Been a network administrator for 9 years. Transitioning and getting my Cybersecurity degree. Dropped a like. Thank you

[Strive]

Ended up falling short in a technical interview I had the other day. Interviewers ended up adding me on Linkedin and will contact me again by the end of the current summer ( not sure how true this will be) but this video was spot on. Did not study at all leading up to the interview. Just watched this video and relied on my current knowledge. Almost everything here was asked, thanks mad hat.

[HM-rdiy]

Basically the fundamentals of the Security+ in a 5 minute video! Well put sir, thank you!

[CyberNacho]

Heard a majority of these when interviewing for a SOC like role. Failed to answer most of them since I was transitioning to IT but know them now. Enjoying the content you are putting out so far!

[thomasl.]

Congratulations for getting the interview! And good luck for it

[TangyWaterpark]

I found your channel and LOVE the content. Please keep making more forever :)

[StephanieTannin]

I watched this video a dozen times before my interview yesterday and got a call back within 2 hours. Am now devouring every other related video on your channel. Thanks for top notch content!

[MoneyBaller]

I just did an interview 3 weeks ago for a cybersecurity analyst role and this video is spot on.

[LifeofChunk]

I swear you never miss, you’re one of 3 I trust to prepare me me lol

[ajramirez]

Thank you for this vid! I have a phone interview for a SOC analyst 1 position soon!

[majesticviews]

Thanks so much for this! Needed a good refresher !

[jhc]

Thanks a lot!
I'm currently on an interview process for SOC analyst, this really comes in handy.

[renn]

Thank you ! Good video 😁 your shorts skit was suggested to me and I couldn’t stop laughing especially the part “you’ll be done within an hour, ok good luck” 🤣 . I subscribed 😌

[AdamsYouTube]

My junior level interview asked me about the Threat vs Vulnerability one...and some other basic things, nothing too crazy. Great video. If you have Security+ knowledge memorized you should be fine, at least in my experience.

[pumasj]

Thank you for making this kind of videos, really helpful.

[akaibake]

Thanks you for sharing your experience =D

[angeloreyes]

It's honestly insane 1 year ago I had absolutely no idea what any of this means and now this is all common sense. Blessed because it was difficult to do but crazy how well the cert paths teach you. Thanks for the video man.

[dabbsonly]

Legend ✋🙂‍↕, never thought of what to expect from an a SOC interview but this could pretty much secure a decent first SOC job ngl.