Common behavioral interview questions
Behavioral questions assess a variety of areas to see how you function in a company and contribute to the success of both your team and the organization. I want to stress that your answers to these questions do not have to be targeted toward cybersecurity or IT jobs. Any situation you have experienced in the past could be used to answer these questions. If you find that you do not have past experience that is applicable to a question, inform the interviewer and answer with what you would do if confronted with the scenario presented by the interviewer.
For each of the following questions, I will provide an example of how I would answer the question based on my own experience or a fictional situation.
Adaptability
The following questions are designed to assess your adaptability to changing situations in the workplace:
- Can you describe a major change at a company you worked at and how you handled this change?
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