Understanding of Cybersecurity Engineer Role Questions

Knowledge of the expectations, typical responsibilities, and day to day activities of a junior cybersecurity engineer. Topics include implementing preventative and detective security controls, developing security automation and tooling, vulnerability scanning and triage, performing secure code reviews and threat modeling, supporting secure design in the software development life cycle, participating in incident detection and response, reporting and metrics, and collaborating with product and platform teams to operationalize security. Interviewers assess whether a candidate understands common deliverables, how to prioritize work, and what success looks like in an early level security engineering role.