Cyber Security - 2027 Summer Internship (Chicago Hybrid)
Posted Sep 17, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Sep 20, 2026
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Behavioral
Tell me about a time you had to teach yourself a new tool or technology quickly because a project needed it. How did you go about it?
whether they have genuine self-directed learning habits, since this internship expects fast ramp-up on unfamiliar security tools
Describe a situation where you found a problem nobody had asked you to look for. What made you go dig into it?
the proactive, curious mindset the posting explicitly says it wants over an 'order taker'
Tell me about a time your priorities changed suddenly on a project or in school. How did you handle it?
adaptability, since the posting stresses flexibility with changing priorities
Why does cyber security interest you, and why here at Motorola Solutions specifically?
genuine motivation and whether they understand the mission-driven, public-safety context of the company
Technical
Walk me through how you'd investigate a suspicious login alert showing up in a SIEM like Splunk or Elastic.
basic SIEM literacy and whether they can structure an investigation rather than just naming tool features
Say you're looking at a raw packet capture in Wireshark and you suspect data is being exfiltrated. What would you look for first?
hands-on comfort with packet analysis versus only textbook knowledge of TCP/IP
How would you tell the difference between a legitimate email and a phishing attempt just by looking at the email headers?
practical understanding of email protocols like SMTP and header analysis, a named skill in the posting
Have you used any endpoint detection tools like Wazuh, OSSEC, or OSQuery? Walk me through what you did with them.
whether claimed familiarity with named EDR tools reflects real hands-on use
Tell me about a script or program you wrote to solve a problem, even a small one. What did it do and why did you choose that approach?
real scripting ability in Python, Java, or Go rather than just listing languages on a resume
How would you explain what an IDS like Snort or Suricata actually does to someone with no security background?
depth of understanding versus memorized terminology, and communication skill for documentation-heavy work
What do you know about how cloud environments like AWS or Azure change the way you'd monitor for security incidents compared to on-prem systems?
awareness of cloud security fundamentals even at a conceptual level
Situational
If you saw unusual outbound traffic from a Linux server at 3 a.m., what steps would you take to figure out if it's malicious or just a scheduled job?
ability to apply forensic and log-review reasoning to an ambiguous real-world scenario
If you were asked to write up findings from an investigation for both a technical team and a non-technical manager, how would those two write-ups differ?
written communication skill and audience awareness, both called out as required
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