--- joe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> A lead tech better be pretty darn technical with > strong troubleshooting > skills. It is tough to interview someone for the > latter as asking questions > like "this and this are occurring, what do you do or > what is wrong" are > usually not productive. I was thinking of giving a VM based env on a laptop for them to fix just to see what their TS skills are like. Fixing it would be nice but it was more to see his thinking style. > > One thing to keep in mind is that just about anyone > who has some experience > with AD could likely ask a question someone else > couldn't answer, there is > no one that knows every single aspect of Active > Directory and could answer > any possible question cold. I thought Sanjay could? (http://www.activedirectoryconsulting.com/background.html) :-( Sorry. However, a general chat > about what they have > been doing with their knowledge and maybe where they > picked it up can cause > things to float up that give you a good > understanding of what they know and > what they can figure out. > # I agree and I am doing that. Thanks > In general I would say it is tough to hire for a > lead tech for an already > existing team unless the team is aware of the person > already and has some > measure of respect for the person. Usually, in my > experience, the "lead" > tends to float to the top when the team is working > together and it just > naturally becomes obvious who the lead should be. To > artificially force a > lead can hurt the team and I have been in several > circumstances where that > has occurred. The lead may feel they need to show > how smart they are or the > team may feel they need to see if they can outwit > the lead; either thing > occurring and the team isn't a team but a > competition. Hmm. Thats very true.To be honest, I am yet to work with a real good team. You never know I might get lucky soon. > > The best tech leads I have run into have all been > people who DON'T want to > run a team, they just want to solve technical > problems and lead by solving > problems well. > > > joe > > > -- > O'Reilly Active Directory Third Edition - > http://www.joeware.net/win/ad3e.htm > Cheers __________________________________________________ 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
