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CrowdStrike
4 years experience

Susan Wright

IT Security SpecialistSenior Security Analyst

LandedCrowdStrikeSenior Security Analyst$165,000 + $30,000 sign-on
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Resume Score
26
Interviews
70 minutes
Time to Improve

Background

Industry
Cybersecurity
Experience
4 years
Location
Washington, DC

The Challenge

Before Resume Scorer
Applications25
Interviews2
Interview Rate8%
Timeline4 months
Main Pain Points
  • Resume showed general IT security, not threat hunting
  • Missing security operations and incident response experience
  • No threat intelligence and malware analysis examples
  • Positioned as security generalist, not specialist

The Solution

1

Threat Hunting

Before
Monitored security alerts and investigated incidents
After
Proactive threat hunting: identified 0-day exploits, prevented 3 potential breaches, discovered APT campaigns
Impact
Showed offensive security and threat hunting expertise
2

Incident Response

Before
Responded to security incidents
After
Led incident response for ransomware attack, coordinated across 5 teams, contained in 12 hours
Impact
Demonstrated crisis leadership and cross-team coordination
3

Security Tools

Before
SIEM, antivirus, firewalls
After
Added: Splunk, Wireshark, Volatility, YARA, Burp Suite, Metasploit, MITRE ATT&CK framework
Impact
Security specialist keyword match increased by 350%

The Results

After Resume Scorer
Applications18
Interviews6
Interview Rate33.3%
Timeframe3 weeks
Interview Rate Increase
+316%
Increased from 8% to 33.3%
Landed Job
CrowdStrikeSenior Security Analyst$165,000 + $30,000 sign-on

"I looked like an IT security generalist. Resume Scorer helped me highlight my threat hunting and incident response work—that's what CrowdStrike hired me for."

Susan Wright, Senior Security Analyst at CrowdStrike

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