Ken Underhill’s final thoughts and advice

First, congratulations on making it to the end of the book. You have worked hard, and preparing for your job interview is just the beginning of a rewarding career. I have seen some people across social media telling others to fake it until you make it for job interviews. My advice is to ignore them because a hiring manager can always see through the lie. Instead, if you don’t know the answer to something, just say you don’t know but that you know how to find the answer. Remember, nobody in cybersecurity knows every single nook and cranny of cybersecurity, and we all do Google searches from time to time.

Another mistake I see people making is not networking properly. Remember, relationships are a two-way street, so it’s important to give to the other person instead of just expecting to take. In the context of using networking to get job interviews, instead of reaching out to someone on LinkedIn and saying, please...