The search team uses the completed brief to separate adjacent familiarity from work the candidate owned. Each interviewer should use the same scenario, record the evidence provided, and score the answer against the responsibilities agreed during intake.
Security Architect: Role-specific scope
Screened for security architecture, threat models, control patterns, design reviews, identity boundaries, risk decisions, standards, and remediation roadmaps, with the boundary set by the employer's systems, delivery stage, and operating model.
Interview prompt: Ask for one decision involving Threat Modeling, Zero Trust, Security Patterns. Record the constraint, what the candidate owned, and the evidence used to evaluate the result.
Brief alignment: Define the systems, delivery stage, operating boundary, and ownership expected from the Security Architect
Enterprise Security Architect: Ownership checkpoints
Screened for security architecture, threat models, control patterns, design reviews, identity boundaries, risk decisions, standards, and remediation roadmaps, with the boundary set by the employer's systems, delivery stage, and operating model.
Interview prompt: Ask for one decision involving security architecture, threat models, control patterns. Record the constraint, what the candidate owned, and the evidence used to evaluate the result.
Brief alignment: Screen candidates for evidence of security architecture, threat models, control patterns, design reviews, identity boundaries, risk decisions, standards, and remediation roadmaps
Cloud Security Architect: Adjacent role boundaries
Screened for security architecture, threat models, control patterns, design reviews, identity boundaries, risk decisions, standards, and remediation roadmaps, with the boundary set by the employer's systems, delivery stage, and operating model.
Interview prompt: Ask for one decision involving Security Architect, Enterprise Security Architect, Cloud Security Architect. Record the constraint, what the candidate owned, and the evidence used to evaluate the result.
Brief alignment: Separate direct delivery experience from adjacent product, project, or consulting exposure