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Knowlesy 11:32 am on August 20, 2018
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Interviewing

So I found myself interviewing a few people recently…..

 

here are some of the questions I put together and structure of it, there are far better blogs / sites for this but this is my general take

Structure – this should be free-flowing but something to help with guidance too it

    • Introduce us
    • Explain the job
      • HR
    • Explain our area of coverage
    • Explain the types of technologies we work with (examples)
      • Veeam
      • Esxi
      • Wintel
      • Dell
      • Nutanix
      • HPC
      • 365
    • Ask them about themselves
    • Give us a typical day
    • Ask 5/10 generic questions
      • Project related
      • Issues
      • Knowledge Transfer
      • Working with other people different takes on life / nationalities
      • Availability of working out of hours
    • Ask 5/10 Technical Questions
      • Geared towards CV
    • Ask 2/3 Personal questions
      • Hobbies
      • Passions
      • Life Goal
    • Ask us any questions ?

 

Some Generic questions

    • Describe an occasion when you had to make a difficult decision.
    • Give us an example of a time you had a challenge with someone and how you resolved it
    • How would you tackle getting to know a technology you have never used ?
    • What types of problems have you encountered most often in operational systems after deployment?
    • Describe a time when you had to make a presentation. How did you manage to explain technical details to a non-technical audience?
    • We’re looking for someone who works well independently since the position involves field work and telecommuting. Give an example of how you’re a self-starter.
    • Where do you see yourself in 5 years
    • What are your goals
    • What is your ideal job ?
    • When did you solve a problem as part of a team ?
    • What was the last major project you did ?
    • How do you find working with people remotely

 

Some Technical Questions

  • How would you update SQL on a server ?
  • After a SQL installation, what would be the first things you would do ?
  • How would you troubleshoot a DNS Name not resolving?
  • C Drive is full, what would be your first port of call
  • How would you remotely execute a task on 20+ Servers
  • According to an HTTP monitor, a web page is down. You’re able to view the webpage via a browser to its DNS name what would you do to resolve the issue

 

Some personal Questions

  • What are your hobbies
  • What are your passions
  • What resources do you use (e.g. forums, websites and books) to keep up-to-date with engineering trends?

 

 

Hope this helps for anyone in the future 🙂