Common interview questions for a digital forensic analyst career
In this section, you will learn some of the most common interview questions that are posed in relation to digital forensic analyst jobs. We present a list of these here:
- Why did you decide to pursue a career in digital forensics?
I suggest you answer this one honestly. What really interests you about working in forensics? Is it the opportunity to catch people doing bad things? Is it because you watched some episodes of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and found digital forensics interesting?
My answer to this question would be that I fought against bad people all over the world in the military and wanted to continue tracking down bad people while helping the innocent people of the world.
- What is the chain of custody (CoC)?
The CoC is documentation that tracks evidence from the initial scene through the evidence being presented in a court of law. The chain of custody should show who controls...