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Re: questions asked during network engineer interview


From: Michael Thomas <mike () mtcc com>
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2020 13:21:24 -0700


On 7/20/20 1:02 PM, William Herrin wrote:
On Mon, Jul 20, 2020 at 5:09 AM Mark Tinka <mark.tinka () seacom com> wrote:
We'll probably spend 95% of the time just talking about who they are,
and 5% on the role. That has worked well for me in the past decade, and
none of those hires had any "certificates" to impress me with, even
though those that didn't make it, did.
I find there's a strong INVERSE correlation between the quantity of
certificates on an applicant's resume and their ability to do the job.
I still have to laugh about the guy who let me know via his resume
that he was certified in setting up Kentrox CSU/DSUs.

It's like all of these programming bootcamps that are cropping up these days. I'd frankly be a lot more impressed by somebody who is green but self-taught. That at least shows initiative.

Mike


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