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Cybersecurity Analyst Interview Experiences

Scotiabank

Security Analyst

Fall 2025

Accepted

Carleton University · Computer Science

4th year · 2 past internships

TechnicalBehavioralVirtualMultiple rounds

Panel with two members of the cyber security team. Questions on vulnerability management and a hypothetical about responding to a phishing campaign. Also behavioral covering communicating security risk to non technical stakeholders.

BlackBerry

Security Analyst

Summer 2025

No Offer

University of Ottawa · Computer Science

3rd year · 3.3-3.6 · 1 past internship

TechnicalMultiple rounds

Call with the full dev team. Security questions on threat modeling. No dedicated security background so I was out of my depth

Telus

Security Analyst

Summer 2026

Pending

University of Alberta · Computer Engineering

3rd year · 1 past internship

TechnicalMultiple roundsVirtual

Two separate teams interviewed me back to back, one on threat modeling and zero trust and one on behavioral questions about incident response. OA before that had networking security MCQs and a short scripting exercise. Applied 3 weeks ago, still waiting.

Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP)

Cybersecurity Analyst

Fall 2025

No Offer

Toronto Metropolitan University · Business Management

3rd year · 2.9-3.2 · 1 past internship

TechnicalGhostedBehavioralSlow processPoor Communication

One round, manager showed up 10 mins late to the interview then asked behavioral and technical questions for 10 mins before saying he had to run. Very unprofessional in my opinion

Samsung

Cybersecurity Analyst

Summer 2026

Accepted

Université de Montréal · Computer Science

3rd year · 3.7+ · 0 past internships

Resume ReviewEasyBehavioral

One round, talk about cybersecurity guidelines and frameworks with example questions not very hard.

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