Re: questions asked during network engineer interview

[Mark Tinka <mark.tinka () seacom com>]

On 14/Jul/20 22:14, Matthew Petach wrote:

> I *love* questions like that, because I can immediately respond back
> with "well, that depends; did your sysadmin configure rfc1323
> extension support in your TCP stack?  Is SACK enabled?  What about
> window scaling?  Does your OS do dynamic buffer tuning for TCP, or are
> the values locked in at start time?"
>
> Depending on how the interviewer responds gives me a pretty good idea
> how much clue the people I'd be working with have, and how well they
> work collaboratively even with people they don't really know.  If they
> respond well on their feet, and give me better inputs, I respond with
> a better answer.
>
> If they say "It doesn't matter", then I respond by saying "See, that's
> why things aren't working so well for you here; you don't really
> understand how far down the rabbit hole goes", and respectfully ask to
> end the interview before we waste any more of each other's time.
>
> I *love* teaching--but only with people who are open to learning.

+1.

Mark.