The WOMEN IN SECURITY Documentary

Interview Candidate Questionnaire

Resilient Features #3  (CREATED: 5/18/2022)

1.    WHAT INCIDENT OR EXPERIENCE INSPIRED YOU TO CONSIDER THE SECURITY PROFESSION?

2.    HOW DID YOU GET YOUR START IN SECURITY?

3.    PLEASE NAME A MENTOR AND HOW THEY INSPIRED/ENCOURAGED YOU DURING YOUR EARLY EXPERIENCE IN THE SECURITY PROFESSION?

4.    HOW HAS THE ROLE OF WOMEN EVOLVED IN SECURITY DURING YOUR TIME IN THE PROFESSION?

5.    PLEASE SHARE EXAMPLES OF THE CHALLENGES YOU HAVE FACED SINCE JOINING THE SECURITY PROFESSION.

6.    PLEASE SHARE YOUR EXPERIENCE AS A “MINORITY” IN ORGANIZATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS THAT YOU HAVE SERVED?

7.    PLEASE SHARE THE STRATEGIES UTILIZED TO EMPOWER YOURSELF AS A “MINORITY”?  HAVE THERE BEEN TIMES WHEN BEING THE “ONLY WOMEN IN THE ROOM” WAS BENEFICIAL?

8.    PLEASE SHARE AN EXAMPLE OF A SECUIRTY INDUSTRY ALLY WHO HAS MADE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON YOUR EXPERIENCE OR OTHERS.

9.    DESCRIBE THE VALUE THAT DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION BRING TO THE SECURITY PROFESSION.

10. WHAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT “CHANGE” YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN THE SECURITY PROFESSION?

11. HOW DOES THE CULTURE OF YOUR REGION IMPACT THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN SECURITY?

12. PLEASE SHARE WHAT YOU FIND MOST GRATIFYING ABOUT BEING A SECURITY PROFESSIONAL?  ALSO, DO YOU HAVE ANY “FUN” STORIES TO SHARE?

13. WHY SHOULD A GIRL/YOUNG WOMEN CONSIDER BECOMING A WOMEN IN SECURITY?

14. HOW CAN THE SECURITY INDUSTRY ENCOURAGE MORE WOMEN TO PARTICIPATE AND REMAIN IN THE PROFESSION?

15. SHARE YOUR EXPERIENCES, IN THE FIELD, WHEN YOUR POSITION PLACED YOU IN THE CENTER OF AN ICONIC/UNFORGETTABLE MOMENT THAT OUR AUDIENCE WILL RELATE/CONNECT.

PLEASE SHARE ADDITIONAL DETAILS REGARDING YOUR STORY ON THIS PAGE…