Well, I won't say that we shouldn't start from first principles, nor that I've never overlooked anything.
But starting from first principles: where do you start? "Do you have a server?" "Do you have a domain?" "Is your DC switched on?" Where exactly do you start? Secondly GPOs don't have to linked to OUs, so I'm not going to penalise anyone if that's not the first question they ask. Given limited time, it probably makes sense to start with what gives the greatest "bang" for you "buck". Cheers Ken From: Rankin, James R [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, 28 March 2011 3:45 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT: looking for favorite Network Engineer interview questions Well it has done in my experience. The point I was trying to offer was that often the issue is something simple has been overlooked. If you never overlook anything, then bully for you. Or it might just be that I am completely incompetent, in that case I will refrain from offering my humble opinion in future. Cheers, Typed frustratingly slowly on my BlackBerry(r) wireless device ________________________________ From: Ken Schaefer <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2011 02:59:08 +0000 To: NT System Admin Issues<[email protected]> ReplyTo: "NT System Admin Issues" <[email protected]> Subject: RE: OT: looking for favorite Network Engineer interview questions I think there are to fundamental ways you can approach a problem: - By the most common cause - By doing root cause analysis Root cause analysis would involve going out an collecting a bunch of information, getting more focussed over time, until the actual root cause is identified, and then you make the appropriate change. In this case, running RSOP, would probably tell you that the GPO is in scope or not. The other approach: does asking whether the GPO is linked to the correct place really solve the problem in most cases? I doubt it. In most organisations people are usually a bit more skilled, and have better change control processes than that. It's usually something a bit more complex that is the problem. Cheers Ken From: Rankin, James R [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, 25 March 2011 6:46 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT: looking for favorite Network Engineer interview questions I always like to ask people how they would troubleshoot a GPO that is not applying. There are many things they should cover - computer or user, settings enabled or disabled, security filter, wmi filter, inheritance, application order, etc. - but what I like to hear first is "is it actually linked to the OU?" That shows someone who deals in first principles. Often the simple answer is the right one. Applying the same idea to all your other questions let's you find people who can solve problems quickly. Typed frustratingly slowly on my BlackBerry(r) wireless device ________________________________ From: "Eldridge, Dave" <[email protected]> Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2011 16:04:46 -0600 To: NT System Admin Issues<[email protected]> ReplyTo: "NT System Admin Issues" <[email protected]> Subject: OT: looking for favorite Network Engineer interview questions We are going to be hiring 2 additional "Network Engineers" very soon as 1 is leaving and we have approval to add 1 more. The bulk of the questions that I get to ask will be AD related as past experience has dictated that I need that level of expertise here. Those of you that do hiring what are some questions you are using in the interview process? We are a 2003 domain with exchange 2003. We will be migrating to 2008 domain and exchange 2010 next year. This is not a Sr. level job but we are looking for an experienced person. Thanks much for any feedback. dave ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
