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Technical Questions for Interview

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  • 20-07-2009 10:25am
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    noel123ie
    Registered Users Posts: 285 ✭✭


    Hi All,

    With alot of IT people being let go currently I thought this post might help...:D

    Is there anywhere online with good questions that may be asked in a technical aptitute exam or a screening exam for IT

    I understand these vary accoring to position but maybe a site that has various exams for various jobs?

    Id be particularly interested in exams for 2nd Level/ Sys admin jobs?

    Thanks folks
    Noel

    PS I understand some may have to be paid for


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    Gaz
    Registered Users Posts: 1,586 ✭✭✭Gaz


    I have never come across a technical interview with an off the shelf type of exam , generally you are asked on the spot or given a written exam done up by the current IT guy.

    Ive had three interviews in the last while and they where completely different. The first one was a written one which included things like writing out a access control list for a router or naming the different schemas in AD.
    The second interview had me being asked very simple troubleshooting questions and in my last interview I had to do a presentation on the technical architecture of terminal services.

    So as you can see , its pretty hard to prepare for. All I will say is if you have the expierience and have some relevant qualifications you should be fine, however a paper MCSE/CCNA wont last 2 minutes in the interview. If you say you know your stuff, make sure you do.

    Good luck.


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    NullZer0
    Registered Users Posts: 1,629 ✭✭✭NullZer0


    I've actually gone to an interview where a braindump was produced. I was given 30 minutes to complete it. I wrote on it what I thought of his approach and left.

    Anyone who thinks they can get a good idea of your technical ability in a one hour interview with no hardware is doing nothing more than running the job and the experience required down.

    On the other hand... heres some examples -

    Networking --

    Differences between OSPF and RIP?
    /27 in dotted decimal notation?
    What are the steps to configure a serial link using PPP on a new cisco router?
    What commands would you NOT run on a PRODUCTION network?


    Baisc Sys Admin ----

    Describe RAID?
    RAID 5?
    RAID 0?
    If one disk fails in a RAID5 array, what do you do?
    If two disks fail ina RAID5 array, how do you recover?
    Describe the user logon process using both local and roaming profiles?
    How do I configure DFS?


    You will find that certain WELL KNOWN MONOPOLYS will ask questions like:

    Please tell me where "button x" is to configure "useless stuff" on our enterprise class operating system.

    Questions like this do not bring anything to an interview.


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