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What this posting asks for
Level: Manager — The title says "Manager".
Main responsibilities
- Support program operations for the overall Cybersecurity Risk Management Program.
- Support and conduct risk assessments and triage incoming security issues related to Rubrik’s core products, services, and infrastructure.
- Maintain and update the risk register, ensuring ownership, status, target dates, and risk treatment decisions are accurate and timely.
- Coordinate and track cross-functional risk initiatives, managing timelines, dependencies, and action items;
- Drive remediation of risks to closure by conducting periodic cross-functional check-ins with risk owners to obtain updates, track milestones and target dates…
- Support the risk governance cadence, including preparing materials for risk committee meetings, facilitating risk acceptance and exception reviews, and track…
- Support the risk assessment program at scale, including enterprise, technical, and third-party/supplier risk assessments, helping keep methodology, quality, …
- Help map program activities to compliance obligations and frameworks (ISO 27001, SOC 2, FedRAMP, NIST CSF/800-53, PCI DSS, HIPAA) and emerging regulations (e…
- Contribute to risk quantification efforts so risks can be prioritized in business and financial terms.
- Support GRC tooling, automation, and AI-enabled improvement initiatives by gathering requirements, coordinating implementation tasks, piloting use cases (e.g…
Competencies an interviewer will look for
- Technical skill Core
In the posting: “Information Security builds technologies, tools, and processes to better enable teams at Rubrik to develop secure software and protect data and systems with …” · “You will partner with Security, Engineering, Product, IT, Legal, Procurement, and Finance to keep work on track and deliver measurable outcomes.” · “Enough technical understanding of cloud, identity, network, and application security to engage credibly with engineering teams and follow remediation plans.”
Show it by: Names the tools, languages or systems used and how; Explains a technical choice and its trade-off. - Communication Core
In the posting: “Drive remediation of risks to closure by conducting periodic cross-functional check-ins with risk owners to obtain updates, track milestones and target dates…” · “Able to communicate risk clearly to senior stakeholders and build consensus without direct authority.” · “Excellent written and verbal communication, organization, and stakeholder management skills.”
Show it by: Adapts the message to the listener; Gives an example of explaining something clearly in writing or speech. - Teamwork and collaboration Core
In the posting: “Working closely with the team's lead Program Manager, who owns the program, you will help drive day-to-day execution: coordinating cross-functional risk asse…” · “You will partner with Security, Engineering, Product, IT, Legal, Procurement, and Finance to keep work on track and deliver measurable outcomes.” · “Coordinate and track cross-functional risk initiatives, managing timelines, dependencies, and action items;”
Show it by: Says what they did inside a team, not only what 'we' did; Shows how a disagreement was handled. - Leadership and mentoring Core
In the posting: “Working closely with the team's lead Program Manager, who owns the program, you will help drive day-to-day execution: coordinating cross-functional risk asse…” · “Drive remediation of risks to closure by conducting periodic cross-functional check-ins with risk owners to obtain updates, track milestones and target dates…” · “Collect and analyze program metrics (KPIs/KRIs), build dashboards, and help prepare risk updates for leadership.”
Show it by: Describes setting direction or a standard others followed; Names someone they coached and what changed for them. - Planning and organisation Core
In the posting: “The Information Security organization advances the overall state of security at Rubrik through critical initiatives and coordination of large security projects.” · “Contribute to risk quantification efforts so risks can be prioritized in business and financial terms.” · “Experience supporting or helping scale a cybersecurity risk management program in a fast-paced technology, SaaS, or cloud company.”
Show it by: Shows how priorities were set when everything was urgent; Mentions deadlines met and how. - Data and analysis Core
In the posting: “Information Security builds technologies, tools, and processes to better enable teams at Rubrik to develop secure software and protect data and systems with …” · “Information Security also develops systems to monitor and respond to attacks against our assets, provides awareness education to teams on security best pract…” · “Working closely with the team's lead Program Manager, who owns the program, you will help drive day-to-day execution: coordinating cross-functional risk asse…”
Show it by: Uses a number to describe the situation or the result; Explains what the data showed and what was done with it. - Attention to detail and quality Core
In the posting: “Success in this role requires strong program management discipline, solid risk and compliance knowledge, and the ability to influence and build consensus at …” · “Maintain and update the risk register, ensuring ownership, status, target dates, and risk treatment decisions are accurate and timely.” · “Support the risk assessment program at scale, including enterprise, technical, and third-party/supplier risk assessments, helping keep methodology, quality, …”
Show it by: Gives an example of an error caught before it caused harm; Names the check or standard they used. - Stakeholder management Core
In the posting: “Success in this role requires strong program management discipline, solid risk and compliance knowledge, and the ability to influence and build consensus at …” · “gather evidence and validate control implementation with stakeholders.” · “Able to communicate risk clearly to senior stakeholders and build consensus without direct authority.”
Show it by: Shows how they aligned people with different goals; Explains how they handled a 'no' from someone senior. - Ownership and accountability Supporting
In the posting: “Maintain and update the risk register, ensuring ownership, status, target dates, and risk treatment decisions are accurate and timely.”
Show it by: Takes a task from start to finish without being chased; Owns a mistake and what was changed after it. - Customer focus Supporting
In the posting: “Our Communities: We are dedicated to expanding our engagement with the communities we operate in, creating opportunities for underrepresented talent and driv…”
Show it by: Puts the customer's need in their own words; Shows a result for the customer, not only for the company.
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Practice questions
- Tell me about yourself. Dedicated step-by-step practice.
- If an interviewer asks something improper How to respond to questions about age, family, origin or health.
- Built from this posting (8):
- Walk me through a piece of work where you used your strongest technical skill. What exactly did you do? From this posting
- Tell me about a time you had to explain something complex to someone outside your field. From this posting
- Describe a time you worked with another team to deliver something. What was your part? From this posting
- Tell me about a time you helped someone on your team get better at their work. From this posting
- How have you used compliance in your work? Walk me through one real example. From this posting
- Tell me about a problem you solved using project management. From this posting
- Tell me about a task you took from start to finish without anyone asking you to. From this posting
- Describe a time you went out of your way to solve a customer's problem. From this posting
- This posting reads as Finance & accounting: its questions come first.
- How do you make sure your work holds up in an audit? Finance & accounting
- Tell me about a time you found an error in a financial report or reconciliation. Finance & accounting
- Walk me through how you build a budget or forecast. Finance & accounting
- It is the last day of month-end close and a balance will not tie out. What do you do? Finance & accounting
- Describe a time you explained a financial result to a manager outside finance. Finance & accounting
- Tell me about an analysis that saved money or found revenue. Finance & accounting
- Three urgent requests arrive during close. How do you decide the order? Finance & accounting
- Describe a finance process you made faster or more reliable. Finance & accounting
- Describe a time you handled an upset customer or colleague.
- Tell me about a time you had several deadlines at once. How did you decide what to do first?
- Give an example of a mistake you caught before it caused a problem.
- Tell me about a time you taught someone how to do something.
- Describe a time you took the lead without being asked.
- Tell me about a time you had to explain something complicated in simple terms.
- Describe a process you improved.
- Do you have any questions for us?
- Why do you want to work here?
- Why is there a gap in your employment? Difficult question
- Why did you leave your last job? Difficult question
- Why are you changing careers? Difficult question
- What is your greatest weakness? Difficult question
- What are your salary expectations? Difficult question
- You seem overqualified for this role. Why do you want it? Difficult question
- Improper-question practice: How old are you? / Do you have children? / Where are you from originally?
- A customer is angry about a delay you did not cause. What do you do?
- How do you keep track of many open customer requests?
- Tell me about a time you could not give a customer what they wanted.
- You find that the inventory count does not match the system. What do you do?
- Tell me about a time a shipment or delivery went wrong.
- How do you make sure safety rules are followed on a busy shift?
- Two managers ask you to book the same room at the same time. What do you do?
- How have you used spreadsheets in your work?
- Tell me about a time you had to enter or check a lot of data accurately.
- Tell me about a sale or agreement you are proud of.
- A prospect says your price is too high. How do you respond?
- How do you keep your pipeline organised?
- Tell me about a technical problem you solved on your own.
- You find a bug right before a release. What do you do?
- Walk me through how you would check whether a report's numbers are right.

