Technical Interview Questions.

[Shadow07]

I'm trying to put together a list of questions that would be used in a technical interview. What was your hardest question you got in an interview? What was the most common technical question in the interview? What question(s) would you ask if you performing the interview? Could you also include the answer.

Thanks,

Chris

 

[spidey07]

Maybe the toughest I got asked when I was a technical guy:

"what was the most creative engineering/solution you've done and why?"

But for the most part a technical interview should weed out the "I put a bunch of stuff on my resume because it sounded good" folks.

Funniest interview I've given...

Me - "So it says you're familiar with IP routing and routing protocols"

Young dumbass - "yeah, I can do just about anything"

Me - "really? How so?

YD - "ospf, bgp, you name it i've got it down."

Me - "cool, we run both. Can you site some examples of how you used OSPF to limit routing advertisements and hide link flapping?"

YD - "well, its just a routing thing. You don't need to worry about that."

Me - "really?"

YD - "yeah, as long as you can ping everything is good. OSPF handles that for ya."

Me - "What does OSPF stand for?" (at this point I'm ready to throw him out of my office)

YD - "umm, well, umm, well you don't need to know what it stands for to use it"

Me - "Fair enough, can you tell me any feature at all that OSPF uses or needs?"

YD - "No."

Me - "Thank you. And next time, don't lie on your resume."

 

[BaboonGuy]

what the hell is ospf and bgp

 

[dexvx]

Originally posted by: BaboonGuy
what the hell is ospf and bgp

Since it deals with low level routing, I'd imagine it would be some kind of routing algorithm or protocol.

Look it up on google.com ... I bet that guy wish he could use a WIFI laptop during the interview.

 

[fell8]

"Did you enter this field of dicipline for the money, the power , or the women?"

 

[orion7144]

Originally posted by: Shadow07
I'm trying to put together a list of questions that would be used in a technical interview. What was your hardest question you got in an interview? What was the most common technical question in the interview? What question(s) would you ask if you performing the interview? Could you also include the answer.

Thanks,

Chris

Tell me step by step, in your opinion, the most difficult problem you have had to troubleshoot?

This one always stumps the one's you don't want to hire and you can easily tell when someone is BS'ing.

 

[Ghost]

Common questions?
What does a NIC stand for. - Network Interface Card
What does NT stand for. - New Technology
What does TCP/IP stand for - Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol.

Less common questions
How many available IP addresses in a Class C network - 254
Name the 7 layers of the OSI model. Application, Presentation, Session, Transport, Network, Data Link, Physical...

Question I hate the most? What is a difficult troubleshooting problem you've worked on in the past? I support 300+ users as a desktop support tech. We come across crazy stuff all the time. I don't remember them after a point... they all blur together. So I sit there for a while and struggle to remember....

Crazy question? A friend of mine was once asked if he had ever used Netbus or BackOrifice. Two "hack" programs. How do you answer that question if you have?