A tech screening is one thing. And if the person asking the techincal
questions is a techincal person, that's fine too. That allows an
intelligent conversation to start between the two techincal people, and the
person doing the asking will get a good feel for what the interviewee
knows........ Having said that, too many places have their goons from HR
that don't know technical squat to come and give a "technical
screening"......... That's crazy. It happens way too often, especially in
gov't jobs.
You said "If I am hiring a CCIE, he better know his stuff. Other then the
certs, how do you suggest I check on his knowledge." Although I realize
that many times people can get "paper certs" without truly understanding the
what it's about, I'd be willing to say that CCIE speaks for itself. That
isn't simply a test you study a month for, and walk in and BAM! you're a
CCIE. To me if there one one cert (out of all of them) that I would accept
at face value without question, it would be the CCIE. Not to say I would
ask questions (like you mentioned) to see how a person reacts to a
situation. But I also agree (with whomever said it) that learning never
stops, no one can know everything, and most times the people doing the
techincal questioning aren't technical people....... I've been in that
spot, where someone that is *not* technical is questioning my techincal
skills. That kind of crap doesn't need to happen..
My 2 cents.......
Mike W.
"Joe Szczepanski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
000701bfcbb2$1b4fe020$[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:000701bfcbb2$1b4fe020$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Kurt -
> Your joking right??? Do you really expect an employer not to put a tech
> candidate through a tech screening? Just because someone has certs does
not
> mean they know what they are doing. Yes, an argument can be made that
> CCIE's know their stuff. And I would have to agree, but I would still put
> one through a tech screen. As an employer, I need to make sure the
> candidate knows what I need them to know. If I am hiring a CCIE, he
better
> know his stuff. Other then the certs, how do you suggest I check on his
> knowledge. In addition to finding out if the candidate is proficient, the
> tech screen allows you to put the candidate in a stressful situation and
see
> how they react. Sometimes the answers to the questions are not as
important
> as the way the candidate reacts to the situation. If I asked someone a
> similar question, and got your response, I would probably end the
interview
> pretty quickly.
>
> Joe
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
> > Kurt
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2000 2:36 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: Interview Question - OSPF
> >
> >
> > I think being questioned like that is obnioxous, and CCIE or CCNP should
> > be enough proof. No one knows everything, and the technology keeps
> > changing..etc. So the learning never ends...period. And I would call him
> > stupid for running RIP and OSPF on the same network on every router, or
> > I'd tell him it's better to pass all SAPs advertisement on every router
> > too, and let's throw in a few more NETWARE file servers to make a
> > broadcast farm and bring down the network. hehe
> >
> > "Carrico, Robert" wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > I believe people analyze these types of questions too much.
> > >
> > > I would say "You have to run something besides OSPF and RIP would be
> > > feasible"
> > >
> > > My answer is based on I'm running IP and IPX, so I choose RIP for my
> > > IPX implementation. What it boils down to is your explanation. These
> > > types of questions are general and a conversation or thread can go on
> > > forever in the different answers. However, not with a HR type that
> > > has a list of 10 technical questions to ask you. He writes down your
> > > response and explanation and gives it to the technical manager to
> > > interpret your responses.
> > >
> > > The difficult part is you have to be sure to explain how you
> > > interpreted the question. In most cases the person doing the first
> > > round interview cannot elaborate on the question because they don't
> > > necessarily understand the question or know the answer.
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: pedro quezada [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2000 10:17 PM
> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Subject: Re: Interview Question - OSPF
> > >
> > > Would you think it this way .
> > > his question was can ospf and rip coexist in the same
> > > network ?
> > >
> > > I would have answered yes; because it is true you can run
> > > both protocols in
> > > the same network.
> > >
> > > why would you? ????
> > > .remeber that ospf does support desktop protocols such as
> > > ipx and appletalk
> > > .
> > >
> > > PQ
> > >
> > >
> > > "Dave" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > > 8ggg89$33d$[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:8ggg89$33d$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > > > If they are both advertising the same networks, then you
> > > are correct.
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Dave
> > > > CCNP/CCDP/CCAI
> > > > ""Billy Monroe"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
> > > message
> > > > 8gei4j$67u$[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:8gei4j$67u$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > > > > Hello:
> > > > >
> > > > > An interviewer asked if I could enable RIP and OSPF on
> > > the same network.
> > > > > I answered that it is possible to overlap protocols, but
> > > it is not
> > > > > recommended. I said that OSPF has an Administrative
> > > Distance lower than
> > > > RIP,
> > > > > so OSPF will be the procotol in use.
> > > > >
> > > > > Is that a correct answer ?
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks,
> > > > >
> > > > > Billy
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
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