My description of a technical lead was because I've run into companies where they expect their manager for the IT department to basically be the 3rd/4th level of support for problems. They expect the manager to do the 'heavy lifting' on the technical side of things and basically be a technical lead *and* a manager. I tend to agree that running into someone who can do both is like finding a roc's tooth. They're out there, just few and far between.
On 7/23/06, Matheesha Weerasinghe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
LOL. Yeah. Never a good idea to have customised "BIG AL" number plates.
;-)
On 7/23/06, joe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> Yeah Al interviewed me once and I didn't get the job because I started
> crying.
>
> I found his car in the parking lot and punched holes in the tires. :)
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> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Al
> Mulnick
> Sent: Sunday, July 23, 2006 1:54 PM
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> To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org
> Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] OT: Interview Techniques
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> LOL. If it's for a technical position, then I have no qualms of trying to
> make the interviewed candidate cry. May as well see what they do with
> pressure.
>
> I can usually tell in the first few minutes how a person thinks and how well
> they know the subject matter. But I like to see how they react and how they
> deal with questions. Are they going to fold? Are they going to buckle? Are
> they going to lie and BS an answer? The last is the worst thing they can
> ever do. I demand honesty in the work I do. If you BS me, you'll be done
> before you go a step further. If you tell the truth and let me know that you
> don't know, I'll at the very least have respect for you because I know that
> nobody can know it all, and I konw that the interviewer is going to ask a
> question that sticks in their mind as something that stumped them for a
> while. Either consciously or sub-consciously.
>
> I like to ask leading questions and I like to pick at the things on the
> resume to verify that what they wrote is what they are capable of doing.
> Since this is a tech lead position, I expect a broad and deep set of
> knowlede and I expect that the characteristics of the person are such that
> they can easily refer to the SME (subject-matter expert) for particular
> subsystems without getting uptight about not knowing the answer themselves.
> It really could suck if you brought somebody in who was too uptight and
> insecure to let you do your job. They should be trying to help you advance
> vs. holding you back and causing hate and discontent.
>
> My $0.04 worth anyway.
>
>
> Al
>
> On 7/23/06, Matheesha Weerasinghe < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > All
> >
> > I am currently in the process of interviewing job
> > candidates who if successful will become my boss ;-)
> > Basically the manager who will be his boss has asked
> > me to do the technical side of the interview and check
> > if the candidates are OK. I've had the "pleasure" of
> > interviewing 2 so far and they were pretty weak
> > technically. I am not sure if I have been spoilt by
> > the creme-de-la-creme here but I did check them a
> > little thoroughly especially with the candidate who
> > was bold enough to mention under key skills "very
> > strong knowledge of windows 2000/2003 Active
> > Directory".
> >
> > Now I am definitely no expert, but if someone is bold
> > enough to claim that, he better not buckle up under
> > pressure and reply that the questions I am asking are
> > only worthy knowledge to those working at Microsoft.
> > And this is the reply I got when I asked him what the
> > FSMO roles did. Actually, I got a little miffed as the
> > guys had the audacity to demand pretty much twice the
> > pay I am getting and were paper MCSE's.
> >
> > The feedback we received from the candidates
> > afterwards said the interview style was .....
> > aggressive.
> >
> > So, my question to you guys is, if you interviewing
> > someone for a Windows tech-lead position (with focus
> > on AD), how technical would you want him to be? This
> > is a guy who would be steering the design of an
> > infrastructure to support tens of thousands of users.
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Mudha
> > {Newbie AD Guru wannabe ;0) }
> >
> >
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