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On top of that, InfoSec means a lot of different things to a lot of different people. For example, information security covers everyone from the guy at Best Buy running a copy of Norton all the way up to the cryptomasters at the NSA. As a result, a single list of questions is not going to cover everything. That being said, there are tiers of possible questions that you can run into, and that is what this guide is about.  \nThat’s not to say that these questions cannot appear in different tiers—you may very well see some of the level 1 questions during a level 5 interview. Rather, this means that in order to reach level 5, you want to be comfortable with everything up to that point— not necessarily remember everything by rote, but at least be able to have a resource you can get the answers from quickly. So without further ado, let’s begin.  \nLevel 1 interview questions: The tech  \nEntry-level positions are almost always about the skills—what you know right now, and what you’re willing to do to improve upon those skills. By the same token, a lot of these questions can help to understand more about what makes you, you—your personality and your existing preferences and opinions. At this stage you are still very much a technician or a security guy, but you’ve reached the point where you want to specialize, and for that you need to start learning more about what makes what you’re trying to protect tick. At this stage, you care more about getting the thing to work than security, but you also know that you want to keep people in general from doing naughty things. Sadly, you probably do not know kung-fu.  \n1. What are your daily news checks?  \nIt seems like we can’t go more than a few days anymore without hearing about a major breach, which on the surface would make it seem that more people and places are  \nbeing hacked than ever before (which to be honest is true) . However, it also shows that detection and reporting of attacks is improving per requirements of both government entities and insurance companies. As a result, the public and security professionals are both better informed as to what they can do to help protect themselves and watch out for falsified charges on their accounts. Keeping up to date on these matters is vital for anyone interested in information security.  \n2. What do you have on your home network?  \nNothing shows you how to break and fix things more than a test environment, and formost people that means their home network. Whether its a Windows laptop with a wireless generic router and a phone, all the way up to 14 Linux workstations, an Active Directory Domain Controller, a dedicated firewall appliance and a net-attached toaster—as long as you are learning and fiddling with it, that’s what matters.  \n3. What personal achievement are you most proud of?  \nFor me at least, this one is easy—getting my CISSP. I studied for months, did every possible thing I could to improve my recall, and asked for anybody and everybody to help ask questions and modify them in ways to make me try to think around corners. Everybody has at least one thing that they are proud of, and while this and the next question may be the same answer, all that matters is showing that you are willing to move forward and willing to be self-motivated.  \n4. What project that you have built are you most proud of?  \nFor some people, this would be the first computer they ever built, or the first time they modified a game console, or the first program they wrote. The list can go on and on. In my case, that would be a project for work that I was working on for years. 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