We're interviewing at work for a Network Engineer, to take the heat off our poor overworked Network Administrator. One person to support 150 people, 75 of whom are developers is not good.
I get involved because I oversee the network, amongst my other roles.
This was the first time I've been the interviewer, it was weird being on the other side of the table. I tried so hard to prompt information from the applicant but to no avail. Never lie on your CV/resume.
His CV said
- "I have configured and supported TCP/IP and DHCP servers"
I asked "How did you configure the DHCP servers?"
"Ummm I didn't, I set the TCP/IP settings to DHCP."
- "I have supported web servers"
I asked "What does it mean if you can ping a server but you get no response from a browser?"
"Ummm TCP/IP settings are wrong"
- "I configured and administered backups"
I asked "What tape drives where you using?"
"Umm I never saw the machine, I just checked the log files"
Great. "NEXT!"