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
Questions Asked
1.“Explain what privilege escalation is in the context of a cyberattack”
2.“Describe a time you helped improve an organization's overall security posture”
3.“Walk me through how you'd respond to a suspected security incident”
BlackBerry
Security Analyst
Waterloo, ON
Summer 2025No Offer
University of Ottawa · Computer Science
3rd year · 3.3-3.6 GPA · 1 past internship
Average Interview
TechnicalMultiple rounds
Call with the full dev team. Security questions on threat modeling. No dedicated security background so I was out of my depth
Questions Asked
1.“What's the difference between an IDS and an IPS?”
Telus
Security Analyst
Vancouver, BC
Summer 2026Pending Outcome
University of Alberta · Computer Engineering
3rd year · 1 past internship
Hard Interview
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
Questions Asked
1.“What is a SIEM and how does it help a security operations center?”
HOOPP
Cybersecurity Analyst
Fall 2025No Offer
Toronto Metropolitan University · Business Management
3rd year · 2.9-3.2 GPA · 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 2026Accepted
Université de Montréal · Computer Science
3rd year · 3.7+ GPA · 0 past internships
Resume ReviewEasyBehavioral
One round, talk about cybersecurity guidelines and frameworks with example questions not very hard