I would also ask who I would be reporting to. If that person is a non-tech or not. It would be great to know that person in the interview.
I have found myself in the situation of having a bad/good feeling about my future supervisor in the interview and that feeling confirmed later on Good luck Miguel ________________________________ De: Don Kuhlman <[email protected]> Para: NT System Admin Issues <[email protected]> Enviado: Martes 21 de agosto de 2012 17:54 Asunto: Re: Questions to ask an interviewer (Sys Admin) Welcome (belated) :) Good luck! Don K ________________________________ From: John Doe <[email protected]> To: NT System Admin Issues <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2012 2:02 PM Subject: Re: Questions to ask an interviewer (Sys Admin) These are great, thanks Don! On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 12:45 PM, Don Kuhlman <[email protected]> wrote: Those look good. Not sure if related, but... > > >1) What are mid/longer term goals for our area (1, 3, 5 year vision) ? >2) Any planned re-orgs or business structural changes coming this year, next >that you know of? This goes to whether there are layoff, outsourcing, >cloudsourcing or other changes planned that may impact the admin role. >3) If you're into working remote, might want to ask about those options up >front as well as what would be expectations for you to be oncall. >4) Any questions you may have about benefits and eligibility for them ? > > >Good luck and hope it works for you! > > >Don K > > > > > > > >________________________________ > From: John Doe <[email protected]> >To: NT System Admin Issues <[email protected]> >Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2012 11:45 AM > >Subject: Questions to ask an interviewer (Sys Admin) > > > >So, I've found a System Administrator job that might be a great match for me. >I have a second interview coming soon. > > >Trying to look beyond all the technical and personal questions they ask to try >to weed out a good candidate, and find out other questions I should be asking >THEM. I interview well, and have impressed them a lot already. > > >My goal here is to make sure the is a good fit for BOTH parties. I'm quite >happy with my current job, but I need a bigger challenge and a more >stable/profitable company. It's not driven by money, but it helps. > > >About me (I post to this list somewhat frequently, but changed my name to >avoid coming up in Google searches by my current employer). >11 years experience >Going from a shop of about 25 users at a 24/7 company to a shop of 120 >employees at a 8-5 company. > > >Here are a few questions I have been brainstorming. Any advice is >appreciated!!! > > >Questions: >Advantages of working here? >What do you like about working here? >Would there be any objection to consulting for my previous employer? I >wouldn't want to leave them high and dry. >What are things your organization has done recently to show how it values its >employees? >How long was the previous Sys Admin employed here? (Has there been a lot of >turnaround?) >What were the major strengths and weaknesses of the last person who held this >job? >What are your current IT Struggles/Projects? >What are the most immediate challenges of the position that need to be >addressed in the first three months? >What are the training and development opportunities? >How many people are at Help Desk level and how skilled are they? How often do >Help Desk tickets get escalated to the Sys Admin role? >Are there any reservations you have about my fit for the position that I could >try to address? >Technical: >Which Hardware Vendor? >Virtualization Platform? >What are your uptime requirements on critical servers like email? >Do you have a current maintenance window? >Do you have systems that need to be accessed by clients 24/7/365? >Current Disaster Recovery methodology? >How often is it tested? >What are your Recovery Point and Recovery Time Objectives? >Mobile Device Management? Phone platform? Vendor? >How well solid is the Network Documentation? 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