Information Security Interview Questions

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Describe the steps of the RMF? Describe the FIPS 199 publication? What are the three different types of cloud systems and describe each? What are the 7 layers of the OSI model? What is a PKI? What control maps to single sign on? What control maps to cross site communication? What control maps to least privilege? Describe how you would work with difficult coworkers?
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Information Systems Security Officer (ISSO)

Interviewed at BAE Systems

3.9
Nov 30, 2021

Describe the steps of the RMF? Describe the FIPS 199 publication? What are the three different types of cloud systems and describe each? What are the 7 layers of the OSI model? What is a PKI? What control maps to single sign on? What control maps to cross site communication? What control maps to least privilege? Describe how you would work with difficult coworkers?

Some of the questions are - Difference between Multiple infosec framework / regulations / standards (i.e., HIPAA, NIST, ISO 27001, SOC2) Walkthrough the process of how to perform risk assessment How would you prepare prior for meetings with customer or client or vendor in regard to risk assessment
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Information Security Assurance

Interviewed at UPS

3.4
Sep 10, 2025

Some of the questions are - Difference between Multiple infosec framework / regulations / standards (i.e., HIPAA, NIST, ISO 27001, SOC2) Walkthrough the process of how to perform risk assessment How would you prepare prior for meetings with customer or client or vendor in regard to risk assessment

Describe a stressful situation at work and how you handled it. Tell me about how you worked effectively under pressure. Describe a decision you made that was unpopular and how you handled implementing it. How did you handle meeting a tight deadline?
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IT Security Analyst

Interviewed at Caterpillar

4
Mar 3, 2022

Describe a stressful situation at work and how you handled it. Tell me about how you worked effectively under pressure. Describe a decision you made that was unpopular and how you handled implementing it. How did you handle meeting a tight deadline?

Like I said above, the actual interview questions were not related to the job description or position at all. Think of the question(s) as "How would you land a plane during a thunderstorm with one engine on fire". My answer was 'I am not a pilot, and I have no idea why you want me to answer this because I never said I was a pilot". I made sure to confirm with the interviewer if this was a trick question that was meant to evaluate my ability to think on my feet. After 2 or 3 questions like this we both realized that something was wrong with the process.
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Director - IT Security

Interviewed at Honeywell

4.1
Apr 4, 2017

Like I said above, the actual interview questions were not related to the job description or position at all. Think of the question(s) as "How would you land a plane during a thunderstorm with one engine on fire". My answer was 'I am not a pilot, and I have no idea why you want me to answer this because I never said I was a pilot". I made sure to confirm with the interviewer if this was a trick question that was meant to evaluate my ability to think on my feet. After 2 or 3 questions like this we both realized that something was wrong with the process.

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