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As a prior owner of a 1967 Volkswagen Beetle,I don't know of any Volkswagen
Beetle that had a radiatior.
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Quoting "Cthulu, CCIE Candidate" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> There is also the possiblity that the CCIE was testing you, to see how you
> would handle one of your fellow workers spouting wrong information.
>
> I have sometimes deliberately and incorrectly stated some wrong information
> to find out exactly how much someone knew about something, and how they
> would handle it to hear someone else give out incorrect information.
>
> It 's like an experienced mechanic asking a new mechanic "How often do you
> change the flush the radiator in a 1969 Volkswagen Beetle?" as a way of
> determing what they know.
>
> Just a thought!
>
> Charles
>
> P.S. You don't: the 1969 beetle does not have a radiator!
>
>
> ""Leigh Anne Chisholm"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> 001c01c01f48$07320980$[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:001c01c01f48$07320980$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > John/Sam
> >
> > I interviewed with an organization recently and completely blew one
> question. I was asked what in an SMTP header will help troubleshoot email
> delivery problems. Now I immediately start thinking about framing formats,
> and I don't know the frame format of an SMTP header. I panic. I say I
> don't know.
> >
> > I get home, I realize they weren't asking what field in a frame, but
> rather what information in the header that you can see as plain as day that
> gets tacked on to an email message. I feel very silly...
> >
> > I emailed the hiring manager, and asked if this is what they were
> referring to, and provided him with a few examples of when I've used the
> SMTP header to troubleshoot delivery problems before.
> >
> > If I get the job, wonderful--they like my initiative following up. If I
> don't... oh well. I've been thinking about changing careers, because there
> are very few companies in my city that I would like to work for...
> >
> > John--what if the CCIE was trying to find out not just what technical
> knowledge you had, but how you handled difficult situations where two
> people
> who worked together thought differently about what was right. Would you
> defer to the CCIE just because they're a CCIE or would you take initiative
> to find the correct answer? Would you follow up? Maybe... maybe not.
> It's
> hard to guess what's going on in the heads of interviewers. I like to keep
> a positive attitude and not think the worst. I'd HATE to think a CCIE
> wouldn't know simple network concepts.
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
> > > Sam Adams
> > > Sent: Friday, September 15, 2000 10:57 AM
> > > To: 'John Barnes'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Subject: RE: Help about a technical interview I had PLEASE!
> > >
> > >
> > > John,
> > >
> > > Besides the technical questions, how was the chemistry between you and
> the
> > > interviewer? I know I went through a recent interview and I left
> > > wondering
> > > if I wanted to work with the interviewer. Needless to say, I
> > > wasn't offered
> > > a second interview. Guess he felt the same.
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
> > > John Barnes
> > > Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2000 3:09 PM
> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Subject: Help about a technical interview I had PLEASE!
> > >
> > >
> > > I had technical with a CCIE interview yesterday, and
> > > I'm not really sure were to go with this.
> > >
> > > He asked me a lot of pretty high level questions and
> > > some not so high level, the problem is, I feel some of
> > > the answers he wanted were wrong. I'm going to post
> > > the questions, the answers I gave, and the answers he
> > > claimed to be correct. If I'm wrong on these, I'd
> > > like to know. If I'm right, how would you deal with
> > > this kind of thing?
> > >
> > > 1) What is the size of a token ring frame?
> > > My answer: Token ring has a variable frame size.
> > > His answer: 3 bytes..
> > >
> > > Isn't that the size of the Token frame?
> > >
> > > 2) What the MTU of a token ring frame? (Isn't this
> > > about the same question as #1?)
> > > My answer: slightly larger that 16K (I couldn't
> > > remember the exact number)
> > > His answer: about 4470 bytes .
> > >
> > > Ahh... what? He claimed I was thinking about
> > > FDDI.grrrr Ah. Who's thinking about what?
> > >
> > > 3) What is the decision making process involved when a
> > > packet enters a router? What three criteria are used
> > > to make this decision?
> > > My answer: It depends. Is this the first
> > > packet with this destination to arrive at this router?
> > > What switching mode is the router configured for.
> > >
> > > His answer: Forget about that stuff. how does
> > > it determine which route to use.
> > >
> > > My answer: longest match in the routing table
> > >
> > > His answer: What if multiple routes exist in
> > > the table.
> > >
> > > My answer: It depends.
> > >
> > > Ok...I'm gonna cut to the chase. The answer he
> > > wanted was longest match, Administrative distance,
> > > then metric. Ahh.. I'm pretty sure is wrong. The
> > > router looks at AD and Metrics long before the packet
> > > enters the router. The router uses AD and metric to
> > > populate the routing table, and then longest match
> > > from the routing table to make the decision once the
> > > packet actually enters the router. Comparing AD and
> > > metric on every known route every time would place
> > > unnecessary burden on the CPU. Compare it once, make
> > > the decision, and enter it in the RIT. Even in the
> > > case of IGRP/EIGRP with variance, the next eligible
> > > route is determined before the packet enters the
> > > router.
> > >
> > > Maybe I should have picked up on this stuff when
> > > the recruiter asked me with BGP was a DV or LS based
> > > routing protocol. My answer. ahh.neither, it's path
> > > vector.
> > >
> > > I'm basically sending this out to get thoughts, and
> > > hopefully Howard, Priscilla or someone can tell me
> > > wether I'm off technically or not.
> > >
> > >
> > > THANKS!!!!!
> > >
> > > -john
> > >
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