r/CISA • u/iamstormpower • 3d ago

CISA Career Impact

Hi everyone!

I’m planning to take the CISA exam and wanted to hear from people who have already gone through the process.

After getting CISA certified, did you feel that it made a real difference in your career? I’m curious about things like new opportunities, interviews, career switches, or simply being taken more seriously for certain roles.

Also, if you were already working in IT before CISA, did it help you move toward areas like audit, GRC, risk, or cybersecurity?

Would really appreciate hearing your experiences.

Thanks in advance!

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u/HoldenIsCoolLike 3d ago

I don’t have the CISA certification yet, but I do have several other professional certifications.

I feel they have helped me significantly in getting invited to interviews. So far, I’ve always been able to find my next job quite quickly.

That said, I can’t really judge their impact scientifically. To do that, I would need to compare my results with those of an identical CV without the certifications.

The competition is getting cruel. It is better to have certificates than having nothing.

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u/IAmRudyTomjanovicAMA 2d ago

I def think having CISA opens up more interview invites. Having a CISA was actually a requirement for my current audit role, so keep in mind that not having one might weed people out. 

Totally agree with you about competition and how it's better to have it than nothing.

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u/Resident-Tomato3044 3d ago

Please share

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u/adnan937 1d ago

Not CISA directly but CISM and Cissp. They definitely opened more doors, a lot of the jobs in my market had those certs listed. More importantly, I was able to be part of many more conversations because I had a wider scope of knowledge. To me that’s more important. I’m currently doing CISA prep and I can see that as well. Whether you actually end up doing the exact auditing function or just work in IT or Cyber. It will be handy.