Re: Questions for network/hardware engineer candidates?

[Steve Litt]

On Wed, 6 Jul 2016 23:01:02 +0300
ronys  wrote:

> I'd ask for a "war story" that the candidate is proud of. How s/he
> approached the problem, how methodical (or not), how false leads were
> eliminated, what lessons were learned.
> 
> From there I'd invent a slight variation, and see how the candidate
> handles it.

Do you mean something like "that sounds great! What would you have done
if _," where __ is a change of one factor?

SteveT

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Re: Questions for network/hardware engineer candidates?

[ronys]

I'd ask for a "war story" that the candidate is proud of. How s/he
approached the problem, how methodical (or not), how false leads were
eliminated, what lessons were learned.

>From there I'd invent a slight variation, and see how the candidate handles
it.

You can also describe the symptoms of a problem you've actually had at your
site, and see how the candidate tracks it down.

Good luck.

On Tue, Jul 5, 2016 at 2:36 AM, Amos Shapira  wrote:

> Hi,
>
> My workplace is looking to fill in a position for a hardware/network
> person, someone to look mostly after the office network.
>
> Do people here have ideas about where to look for good interview
> questions/exercises for such a role?
>
> Thanks,
>
> --Amos
>
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Re: Questions for network/hardware engineer candidates?

[Amos Shapira]

Almost all our laptops are Mac Book pros, they don't require much handling
(usually if there is a problem then just take it to the Apple store a
couple of blocks away).

I'm after someone who can take care of our fibre-optic office line, modems,
WiFi, LAN and the router (the router is actually fun to work with - it runs
VyOS on a Dell rack), the card entrance system (Lenel).

I'm not quiet concerned with them being experts about the specific hardware
we have but trying to estimate their aptitude in attacking hardware/network
problems and troubleshooting by themselves, without me having to keep
holding their hand.

On 5 July 2016 at 10:04, Shay Gover  wrote:

> Hi Amos,
>
> Please define Hardware and Network. Server? PCs? PC Technician? Something
> else?
>
> Shay
>
> On Tue, Jul 5, 2016 at 2:36 AM, Amos Shapira 
> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> My workplace is looking to fill in a position for a hardware/network
>> person, someone to look mostly after the office network.
>>
>> Do people here have ideas about where to look for good interview
>> questions/exercises for such a role?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> --Amos
>>
>>
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Re: Questions for network/hardware engineer candidates?

[Shay Gover]

Hi Amos,

Please define Hardware and Network. Server? PCs? PC Technician? Something
else?

Shay

On Tue, Jul 5, 2016 at 2:36 AM, Amos Shapira  wrote:

> Hi,
>
> My workplace is looking to fill in a position for a hardware/network
> person, someone to look mostly after the office network.
>
> Do people here have ideas about where to look for good interview
> questions/exercises for such a role?
>
> Thanks,
>
> --Amos
>
>
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Questions for network/hardware engineer candidates?

[Amos Shapira]

Hi,

My workplace is looking to fill in a position for a hardware/network
person, someone to look mostly after the office network.

Do people here have ideas about where to look for good interview
questions/exercises for such a role?

Thanks,

--Amos
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