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15 posts in How-To.
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Cyber Security Aptitude Test vs Skills Test for Hiring
What a cyber security aptitude test measures, how it differs from a skills test, and when to use each for apprentices, career changers and experienced hires.
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How to Assess Cloud Security Skills Before You Hire
How to assess cloud security skills across AWS, Azure and GCP: four skills, a task for each, what strong and weak attempts look like, and how to calibrate.
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How to Assess a Detection Engineer Before You Hire
How to assess a detection engineer: four skills that matter, a task for each, what strong and weak attempts look like, and how to test tuning, not just writing.
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How to Assess Incident Response Skills Before You Hire
How to assess incident response skills: the four skills that matter, a task for each, what strong and weak attempts look like, and how to calibrate by level.
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How to Assess AppSec Skills Before You Hire
How to assess AppSec skills: four skills, a code review task for each, what strong and weak attempts look like, and how to judge code you cannot read.
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Pre-Employment Cyber Security Tests: Which Kind Works?
Multiple-choice or hands-on? What a pre-employment cyber security test should measure, where each format fails, how long it should be and how to stop gaming.
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SOC Analyst Job Description Template (Tier 1, 2 and 3)
A copy-ready SOC analyst job description template for Tier 1, 2 and 3 roles, plus the common requirements to cut because they filter out good candidates.
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30 Cyber Security Interview Questions (With Strong Answers)
30 cyber security interview questions for hiring managers, with what each one tests and what a strong answer includes. Plus a free scorecard to rate candidates.
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How to choose a cyber hiring assessment
Most cyber hiring assessments test what candidates know. The good ones show you what they can actually do. Here's how to tell the difference before you choose a vendor.
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17 questions to ask a cyber assessment vendor before you buy
The questions that separate a real cyber security assessment platform from a generic testing tool with a security category, including the ones we would fail.
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Work samples vs interviews: what the evidence actually says
Assessment vendors claim work samples beat interviews. The current research does not support that. Here is what it does say, and what it means for cyber hiring.
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How to Assess Cyber Security Skills of Candidates
How to assess cyber security skills of candidates: set real work they cannot answer without doing, calibrate it to the level, and score what they produce.
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How to screen 200 cyber applicants without reading 200 CVs
Two hundred applications, one vacancy, and no reliable way to rank them. The practical method: invert the funnel, test first, and read CVs last.
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Cyber security recruitment agency vs in-house screening
Cyber recruitment agencies have a place. Here is when they earn their fee, when in-house assessment platforms do the job better, and how to decide between them.
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How to switch from Cyber Skyline to a modern cyber hiring platform
If your Cyber Skyline contract is up for renewal and the hiring product is no longer there, here is the practical step-by-step migration playbook.