+1 I have people waive the "I'm Cisco Certified" flag in my face all the time. Then proceed to ask me if we have a T1. To the point that it's no longer a valuable achievement in my eyes.
I'm certified to perform CPR in the state of Florida... I should go apply for a surgeon position at the local hospital. Nick Olsen Network Operations (855) FLSPEED x106 ---------------------------------------- From: "James M Keller" <jmkel...@houseofzen.org> Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2012 1:19 PM To: "Oliver Garraux" <oli...@g.garraux.net>, nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: job screening question On 7/5/2012 1:11 PM, Oliver Garraux wrote: > Seems fairly straightforward to me. It'll break path MTU discovery. > > I would hope someone applying for an "IP expert" position would know that. > > Could HR be mangling the question or something? > > Oliver > > ------------------------------------- > > Oliver Garraux > Check out my blog: www.GetSimpliciti.com/blog > Follow me on Twitter: twitter.com/olivergarraux > > > On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 1:02 PM, William Herrin <b...@herrin.us> wrote: >> Hi folks, >> >> I gave my HR folks a screening question to ask candidates for an IP >> expert position. I've gotten some "unexpected" answers, so I want to >> do a sanity check and make sure I'm not asking something unreasonable. >> And by "unexpected" I don't mean naively incorrect answers, I mean >> oh-my-God-how-did-you-get-that-cisco-certification answers. >> >> The question was: >> >> You implement a firewall on which you block all ICMP packets. What >> part of the TCP protocol (not IP in general, TCP specifically) >> malfunctions as a result? >> >> >> My questions for you are: >> >> 1. As an expert who follows NANOG, do you know the answer? Or is this >> question too hard? >> >> 2. Is the question too vague? Is there a clearer way to word it? >> >> 3. Is there a better screening question I could pass to HR to ask and >> check the candidate's response against the supplied answer? >> >> Thanks, >> Bill Herrin >> >> >> -- >> William D. Herrin ................ her...@dirtside.com b...@herrin.us >> 3005 Crane Dr. ...................... Web: <http://bill.herrin.us/> >> Falls Church, VA 22042-3004 >> > You would be surprised by some of the people I get off the street applying for senior network engineering positions who couldn't connect up a SOHO router and a dumb switch and make them work, let alone understand how PMTU discovery works. -- --- James M Keller