I've got no second thoughts about being an asshole during a tech interview. I ask the question, you either answer it or tell me you don't know. If you choose not to tell me you don't know and demonstrate that you don't know through what you tell me instead, I'm already pretty much through. If you're arrogant like this candidate you describe, I'm likely through as well.
My favorite exchange as of late goes like this: Me - Tell me a little bit about your experience migrating Exchange 5.5 orgs to 2003 Them - blah blah blah Me - Ok, can you name the three types of connection agreements in the ADC? Them - well uh blah blah well uh excuse excuse Me - other questions Me - So would you be comfortable migrating a 10K user 5.5 org to 2003? Them - Absolutely Me - How can you be comfortable doing that when you can't even explain the first step of the migration to me? In any case, others have put some really good advice here. What you want in a technical lead is someone who can get their hands dirty without getting scared or screwing up. They should also have no second thoughts about delegating work and asking their subordinates for help. That person needs to be able to deal with upper management, and they also need to make sure their self esteem is in check - none of that "I did X" when all they did is watch. Hiring your new manager can be a little difficult on both sides from the point of view of why wasn't someone on your team promoted to that position? Thanks, Brian Desmond [EMAIL PROTECTED] c - 312.731.3132 > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:ActiveDir- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matheesha Weerasinghe > Sent: Sunday, July 23, 2006 11:11 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [ActiveDir] OT: Interview Techniques > > All > > I am currently in the process of interviewing job candidates who if > successful will become my boss ;-) Basically the manager who will be > his boss has asked me to do the technical side of the interview and > check if the candidates are OK. I've had the "pleasure" of interviewing > 2 so far and they were pretty weak technically. I am not sure if I have > been spoilt by the creme-de-la-creme here but I did check them a little > thoroughly especially with the candidate who was bold enough to mention > under key skills "very strong knowledge of windows 2000/2003 Active > Directory". > > Now I am definitely no expert, but if someone is bold enough to claim > that, he better not buckle up under pressure and reply that the > questions I am asking are only worthy knowledge to those working at > Microsoft. > And this is the reply I got when I asked him what the FSMO roles did. > Actually, I got a little miffed as the guys had the audacity to demand > pretty much twice the pay I am getting and were paper MCSE's. > > The feedback we received from the candidates afterwards said the > interview style was ..... > aggressive. > > So, my question to you guys is, if you interviewing someone for a > Windows tech-lead position (with focus on AD), how technical would you > want him to be? This is a guy who would be steering the design of an > infrastructure to support tens of thousands of users. > > Cheers > > Mudha > {Newbie AD Guru wannabe ;0) } > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx > List archive: http://www.activedir.org/ml/threads.aspx List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.activedir.org/ml/threads.aspx
