CHAPTER 5

Hiring the Right Cybersecurity Role Behaviors

Now for the next pieces in the puzzle: determining what behaviors lead to success in what cybersecurity roles and setting up corresponding behavioral interviews. The purpose of the behavioral interview question sets is to cause the candidate to think, to dig, and to reveal behavioral characteristics which will predict actual future behavior in the workplace. Behavioral questions call for the sharing of an experience which reveals or illustrates a behavioral characteristic relevant to the job, and upon which the hiring manager can differentiate candidates. In short, behavioral interviews should uncover behavioral characteristics, not just instances of past action. And to design question sets ...

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