Interviews/Quality & Security/Security Analyst

Hire Security Analysts
who actually tell signal from noise in the log

With EasyEnv we build a fit test for the role. Use it to cut the noise at the top of the funnel, or to go deep on the candidates who matter.

You can even evaluate how this person works with AI. So you hire the engineer who can ship, not the one who looks good in a slide.

SIEMEDRSigma · FalcoOSQuery · VelociraptorLive or take-home

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Real Linux VM

Not a sandbox

systemd, kernel, full toolchain

Browser-based

Zero install for candidates

One link and they are in

Auto-graded

Pass / fail checks per challenge

Plus the full session replay

A great security analyst is calm with a noisy log stream and quick with a precise question. EasyEnv puts the candidate in front of a real EDR/SIEM-style log feed and a suspicious sequence that may or may not be malicious.

Inside a live interview

What you see when they work.

Real log stream, real EDR, every keystroke recorded.

billing-api

AMS

Billing-api

src

billing.py

auth.py

models.py

tests

test_billing.pyM

test_auth.py

pyproject.toml

README.md

Pybilling.py

from decimal import Decimal

def calculate_total(items: list[dict]) -> Decimal:

# Sum line totals using Decimal for currency precision

total = Decimal("0")

for item in items:

total += Decimal(str(item["price"])) * item["qty"]

return total

candidate@soc-workspace:~

alice@dev:~/billing-api$

● mainPython 3.12

Claude · ready

Claude

You

Refactor calculate_total to use Decimal for currency math, and add a test.

Claude

Ask Claude...

Mike

Sam

How it works

Three steps. Zero infra to maintain.

Pick the fit test

Use a ready-made challenge or ask us to build one for your stack. Live, take-home, or both.

Send one link

The candidate clicks. A full Linux workspace boots in their browser. No installs, no VPN, no zoom-share.

Review at 2x

Replay the session, read the auto-graded checks, and decide. Most reviews take under five minutes.

The problem

Why hiring a Security Analyst is hard.

Analysis is judgement, not tools. The interview has to surface it.

False positives are constant. The candidate has to triage, not chase.

Communication speed matters. Slow analysts page the wrong people.

Tool stacks are vendor-specific. The interview has to test fundamentals.

The fit test

What we measure for a Security Analyst.

Every area runs inside a real production-like workspace. The candidate works in a browser, the session records itself.

Triage an alert

A noisy alert. They walk back to evidence before they call anyone.

Live incident walk

A suspected compromise. They time-box hypotheses and rule them out.

Log fluency

jq, grep, kql, osquery. They use them to confirm, not to guess.

Trend reading

A spike on a metric. They explain before they react.

Rule writing

A new detection rule. They write it without burning the on-call.

AI collaboration

Allow AI for log queries and grade whether they verify what the LLM claims about the data.

The stack we put in front of them.

Real tools, pre-installed, accessible from the workspace terminal.

SplunkElasticWazuhSigmaYARAFalcoOSQueryVelociraptorCrowdStrikeSysmonauditdjqkqlrg

Sample challenges

What a Security Analyst interview looks like.

Pick from our library or ask us to build a challenge for your stack. Each one is a real workspace, not a snippet.

Challenge 01

Process tree from hell

Scenario

A Sysmon stream with a chain that looks like execution from a temp folder. The candidate has the raw events.

What you learn

Whether they correlate parent and child before they raise.

In the workspace

$ ls challenges/

workspace, runbook.md, README.md

candidate has:

· a real Linux box in the browser
· kubectl, docker, terraform, jq, yq
· cluster, repo and cloud creds pre-wired
· auto-checks running in the background

interviewer sees:

· every keystroke + every command
· terminal + screen recording
· auto-graded pass/fail per check

AI in the loop

Score the engineer, and how they work with AI.

AI is excellent at confidently misreading a log line. EasyEnv records the prompts so you see whether the candidate cross-checked the LLM claim against the raw event before they took action.

Allow or block AI per question, not per interview

Full prompt and response history replayed in the review

Score "verifies AI output" as a separate signal

Ready to hire a Security Analyst who ships?

Set up your first interview in under an hour. We will help you build a fit test for this role on your stack.

Request a Demo Create a Free Account

Role FAQ

Hiring a Security Analyst, answered.

On enterprise plans we can mirror sample data from your stack into the workspace.

Yes. Live sessions support multiple interviewers playing different stakeholders.

No. The workspace runs in their browser. Terminal, editor, ports and dashboards are all served from the EasyEnv workspace, so candidate setup is zero.

Each challenge has automated checks (did the service come back, did the test pass, did the right log message appear) plus a recording your team can replay. Most reviews take under five minutes.

Yes. AI access is a per-interview setting. Block it for fundamentals, then allow it later in the loop to assess AI collaboration separately.

Interviews/Quality & Security/Security Analyst

Hire Security Analysts
who actually tell signal from noise in the log

With EasyEnv we build a fit test for the role. Use it to cut the noise at the top of the funnel, or to go deep on the candidates who matter.

You can even evaluate how this person works with AI. So you hire the engineer who can ship, not the one who looks good in a slide.

SIEMEDRSigma · FalcoOSQuery · VelociraptorLive or take-home

Request a Demo Create a Free Account

Real Linux VM

Not a sandbox

systemd, kernel, full toolchain

Browser-based

Zero install for candidates

One link and they are in

Auto-graded

Pass / fail checks per challenge

Plus the full session replay

Inside a live interview

What you see when they work.

Real log stream, real EDR, every keystroke recorded.

billing-api

AMS

Billing-api

src

billing.py

auth.py

models.py

tests

test_billing.pyM

test_auth.py

pyproject.toml

README.md

Pybilling.py

from decimal import Decimal

def calculate_total(items: list[dict]) -> Decimal:

# Sum line totals using Decimal for currency precision

total = Decimal("0")

for item in items:

total += Decimal(str(item["price"])) * item["qty"]

return total

candidate@soc-workspace:~

alice@dev:~/billing-api$

● mainPython 3.12

Claude · ready

Claude

You

Refactor calculate_total to use Decimal for currency math, and add a test.

Claude

Ask Claude...

Mike

Sam

How it works

Three steps. Zero infra to maintain.

Pick the fit test

Use a ready-made challenge or ask us to build one for your stack. Live, take-home, or both.

Send one link

The candidate clicks. A full Linux workspace boots in their browser. No installs, no VPN, no zoom-share.

Review at 2x

Replay the session, read the auto-graded checks, and decide. Most reviews take under five minutes.

The problem

Why hiring a Security Analyst is hard.

Analysis is judgement, not tools. The interview has to surface it.

False positives are constant. The candidate has to triage, not chase.

Communication speed matters. Slow analysts page the wrong people.

Tool stacks are vendor-specific. The interview has to test fundamentals.

The fit test

What we measure for a Security Analyst.

Every area runs inside a real production-like workspace. The candidate works in a browser, the session records itself.

Triage an alert

A noisy alert. They walk back to evidence before they call anyone.

Live incident walk

A suspected compromise. They time-box hypotheses and rule them out.

Log fluency

jq, grep, kql, osquery. They use them to confirm, not to guess.

Trend reading

A spike on a metric. They explain before they react.

Rule writing

A new detection rule. They write it without burning the on-call.

AI collaboration

Allow AI for log queries and grade whether they verify what the LLM claims about the data.

The stack we put in front of them.

Real tools, pre-installed, accessible from the workspace terminal.

SplunkElasticWazuhSigmaYARAFalcoOSQueryVelociraptorCrowdStrikeSysmonauditdjqkqlrg

Sample challenges

What a Security Analyst interview looks like.

Pick from our library or ask us to build a challenge for your stack. Each one is a real workspace, not a snippet.

Challenge 01

Process tree from hell

Scenario

A Sysmon stream with a chain that looks like execution from a temp folder. The candidate has the raw events.

What you learn

Whether they correlate parent and child before they raise.

In the workspace

$ ls challenges/

workspace, runbook.md, README.md

candidate has:

· a real Linux box in the browser
· kubectl, docker, terraform, jq, yq
· cluster, repo and cloud creds pre-wired
· auto-checks running in the background

interviewer sees:

· every keystroke + every command
· terminal + screen recording
· auto-graded pass/fail per check

AI in the loop

Score the engineer, and how they work with AI.

AI is excellent at confidently misreading a log line. EasyEnv records the prompts so you see whether the candidate cross-checked the LLM claim against the raw event before they took action.

Allow or block AI per question, not per interview

Full prompt and response history replayed in the review

Score "verifies AI output" as a separate signal

Ready to hire a Security Analyst who ships?

Set up your first interview in under an hour. We will help you build a fit test for this role on your stack.

Request a Demo Create a Free Account

Role FAQ

Hiring a Security Analyst, answered.

On enterprise plans we can mirror sample data from your stack into the workspace.

Yes. Live sessions support multiple interviewers playing different stakeholders.

No. The workspace runs in their browser. Terminal, editor, ports and dashboards are all served from the EasyEnv workspace, so candidate setup is zero.

Each challenge has automated checks (did the service come back, did the test pass, did the right log message appear) plus a recording your team can replay. Most reviews take under five minutes.

Yes. AI access is a per-interview setting. Block it for fundamentals, then allow it later in the loop to assess AI collaboration separately.

How to Hire a Security Analyst | EasyEnv | EasyEnv

Hire Security Analystswho actually tell signal from noise in the log

What you see when they work.

Three steps. Zero infra to maintain.

Pick the fit test

Send one link

Review at 2x

Why hiring a Security Analyst is hard.

What we measure for a Security Analyst.

Triage an alert

Live incident walk

Log fluency

Trend reading

Rule writing

AI collaboration

The stack we put in front of them.

What a Security Analyst interview looks like.

Process tree from hell

Score the engineer, and how they work with AI.

Ready to hire a Security Analyst who ships?

Hiring a Security Analyst, answered.

Hire Security Analystswho actually tell signal from noise in the log

What you see when they work.

Three steps. Zero infra to maintain.

Pick the fit test

Send one link

Review at 2x

Why hiring a Security Analyst is hard.

What we measure for a Security Analyst.

Triage an alert

Live incident walk

Log fluency

Trend reading

Rule writing

AI collaboration

The stack we put in front of them.

What a Security Analyst interview looks like.

Process tree from hell

Score the engineer, and how they work with AI.

Ready to hire a Security Analyst who ships?

Hiring a Security Analyst, answered.

Hire Security Analysts
who actually tell signal from noise in the log

Hire Security Analysts
who actually tell signal from noise in the log