Cybersecurity Manager Job Interview: Everything You Might Want to Know

Becoming a manager in any field typically requires a person to demonstrate many skills that have nothing to do with the team of people they are leading. In the tech industry, you also have to show enough “street cred” to lead a team of technical people. You have to be able to talk shop and understand enough of the “how” while also filtering and translating business direction and strategy.

This is what you should know for your cybersecurity manager job interview.

How to get ready for the cybersecurity manager job interview

You’ll be expected to speak about your principles and approaches to non-technical topics at your cybersecurity manager job interview.

You should come prepared to talk about the following:

• Your management style and how you get support from the people you lead
• How you motivate and lead teams
• How you reduced risk through strategic planning
• How you made security easier for your end-users
• How you enabled the business in a secure way

Be prepared to summarize and share:

• How you drive and manage work
• How you engage and convince stakeholders
• How you manage expectations upwards

Understand you will have to speak in-depth about:

• What you are passionate about
• The kinds of problems you like to solve

Helpful resources before your cybersecurity manager job interview

Before your cybersecurity manager job interview, consider reviewing these resources:

• The Metronome is an interesting take on management philosophy.
• The Phoenix Project: A Novel about IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win
• The DevOps Handbook: How to Create World-Class Agility, Reliability, and Security in Technology Organizations
• War and Peace and IT: Business Leadership, Technology, and Success in the Digital Age

This article was written by Mike Privette for HackerNoon and was lightly edited and published with permission.