On Tue, May 07, 2013 at 10:52:51AM -0400, Matt Simmons wrote: > I'd rather ask (and answer) open ended questions. Everyone always asks > "What is the TCP three way handshake", but my favourite question is, "Why is > it important to understand the three way handshake?"
I've always used something like - "What happens when you type 'telnet example.com http" in the first round interviews. It's open ended enough that you can either delve in to specific areas (/etc/service lookups, dns resolution, exec system calls) but easy enough to answer that you can stop probing when they reach their limit without making them feel like they got the question wrong. "What does 'ls -al' do" is another one I like in terms of basic unix, file systems and a little C / syscall knowledge. I've been pleasantly surprised by how deep some juniors have gone. I'd never have thought to ask certain things based on their stated levels of experience without them leading me through their understanding. Dean -- Dean Wilson http://www.unixdaemon.net @unixdaemon http://www.puppetcookbook.com @puppetcookbook _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
