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Question 1

Question #1: What security procedures and policies would you suggest for our company (business, store, factory, or warehouse)?

How to answer
How to answer: This open-ended question allows you to demonstrate your understanding of the company, the general operations, and how best to use security procedures and policies specific to its needs. Be sure to research the type of security the company seeks to tailor your answer to the security manager position responsibilities.
Question 2

Question #2: How do you document security policies and procedures in written form?

How to answer
How to answer: This open-ended question is used to determine how you plan to communicate safety procedures and policies with the employees and how you plan to follow through on documentation of any incidents you may encounter. Documentation can include the importance of background checks on all employees as well. Written documentation and attention to detail are essential parts of a security manager position.
Question 3

Question #3: What expectations do you have for other managers working in the company?

How to answer
How to answer: This open-ended question is designed to determine how you will communicate with other managers at the company. You can discuss how you cooperate with others to achieve company-wide goals, how receptive you are to feedback from other managers, and how you try to be attentive to the needs of others. Supporting managers can help you understand daily patterns in their departments and identify the most precious assets within the company.

959 security manager interview questions shared by candidates

The interview is competency based and hence one can only prepare only up to a certain point for it. However you need to have worked out examples and scenarios from you experience to use in your answers during the interview. For example - Have you come across a difficult person in your team and how did you handle the situation and the person? To answer this question you would have to dig into your experience and explain the situation, what was needed to be done, what action did you take and what was the outcome. An unexpected question was - Do you know how to say no? I understood the rationale behind the question after asking some counter-questions which was that in a big organisation if you don't know when and how to push back then you will quickly be overwhelmed by so much work that it will affect your delivery, productivity and quality. And finally all of that leads to a bad perception of you as someone who cannot manage his/her work and over-commits and under delivers.
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Cyber Security Manager

Interviewed at PwC

3.7★
Oct 15, 2014

The interview is competency based and hence one can only prepare only up to a certain point for it. However you need to have worked out examples and scenarios from you experience to use in your answers during the interview. For example - Have you come across a difficult person in your team and how did you handle the situation and the person? To answer this question you would have to dig into your experience and explain the situation, what was needed to be done, what action did you take and what was the outcome. An unexpected question was - Do you know how to say no? I understood the rationale behind the question after asking some counter-questions which was that in a big organisation if you don't know when and how to push back then you will quickly be overwhelmed by so much work that it will affect your delivery, productivity and quality. And finally all of that leads to a bad perception of you as someone who cannot manage his/her work and over-commits and under delivers.

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