What question would you ask a system administrator assistant in an interview?

Komonec2011-10-03 10:40:26

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Komonec, 2011-10-03 10:40:26

What question would you ask a system administrator assistant in an interview?
First off:
What is AD?
What is MBR?
How is the BIOS decrypted?
What types of encryption do you know?
What is the difference between a switch and a hub?

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18 answer(s)

oioki, 2011-10-03
@oioki

what port is ICMP running on? ;-)

FIZIK, 2011-10-03
@FIZIK

You just need to give the machine with a password for the BIOS and a password for the admin account with an activated simple winlocker. Give the task to remove passwords, clean from the winlocker. If he manages, then the rest, if he doesn’t know what, he will quickly learn.

Vladson, 2011-10-04
@Vladson

Everything is simpler “do you know how to google?” The rest is secondary.

NektoDev, 2011-10-03
@NektoDev

First of all:
What is a localhost?
OSI model.
The main diagnostic tool in Windows|Linux.
How to find out because of what the user had a BSOD.
You won't believe how many people can't answer =(

Maxim Shishkin, 2011-10-03
@lsoul

"What is Habr?"
Does it really matter how the bios is decoded? I immediately recall the famous series about the technical support department and the decoding of the abbreviation IT)

AstonMartin, 2011-10-04
@AstonMartin

I like this question: you typed the address of the site in the browser, pressed Enter. Tell us as much as possible about the technical processes taking place next.

Vitaly, 2011-10-03
@zombic

Are you ready to train and run a lot?
There are comrades who shy away from this, because they have been at the computer since the age of 12 and so they know everything and can do everything, but let the rest run.

deactivatedtheelephant, 2011-10-03
@deactivatedtheelephant

How to patch KDE for FreeBSD?

Vlad Zhivotnev, 2011-10-03
@inkvizitor68sl

Read it, it might help.

Zakharov Alexander, 2011-10-06
@AlexZaharow

- Can you do it in a day?
- Maybe in a day.
- And in three days?
- Well, here you can’t do without an assistant!
— And in 10 days?
- Well, sir, you give tasks ...

TimID, 2011-10-04
@TimID

"How many bells on a tambourine and its optimal size" :)

sanchower, 2011-10-06
@sanchower

Well, questions for just an assistant to the system administrator, I think here someone is skillfully trying to defeat their complexes at someone else's expense.
Guys, an assistant - he is an assistant for that, in order to learn everything.
I would rather ask a person what he really wants to achieve at work, why, etc. Motivation is the key to success!

k_sashka, 2011-10-06
@k_sashka

What kind of beer does he drink?

Mikhail Lyalin, 2011-10-06
@mr_jok

I would first send for tests like www.specialist.ru/online-testing , www.quizful.net/test

navion, 2011-10-04
@navion

There is a good topic on ixbt about the questionnaire for the system administrator, he will not give a specific list, but at least indicate the direction.
forum.ixbt.com/topic.cgi?id=78:3979 _

deleted-HungerGhost, 2011-10-06
@deleted-HungerGhost

> How is the BIOS decrypted?
All questions are related to the decoding of concepts, so they always infuriate people. ICHSH no one can think of a test practical task, such as building a computer or crimping a cable, or at worst creating an account in AD etc ...

extar, 2011-10-06
@extar

The difference between a switch and a hub.
What does the subnet mask affect?
What is NAT.
Give a machine with a remote spooler and a task to print a test page on a network printer.
What is VLAN.
How to add a user to AD.