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Re: questions asked during network engineer interview
From: Mark Tinka <mark.tinka () seacom com>
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2020 06:55:42 +0200
On 20/Jul/20 23:59, Brandon Martin wrote:
Pass given to those who cram them into a "certificates" or "specifics" line or similar in order to get around HR filters, limit them to major certs (or ones your HR dept. specifically demanded), and don't really mention them otherwise. Bear in mind as well that, even if your hiring process doesn't demand them, others' will, and many people have a standard-ish resume with application-specific cover letter.
When SDN was all the rage in the middle of the past decade, our HR department wanted to hire someone in this field and asked me what type of qualifications and certifications they should be looking for. Well, I told them to look for someone who had enough will and time to figure out what it means to us, and the patience to experiment, fail and experiment again, without losing any steam or confidence, and take a pass on any SDN certifications recommended by our "recruiting consultants". We ended up hiring a regular (but very good) network engineer who had recently taken up an interest in understanding and writing software to perform repetitive tasks. It was just a shame they chose not join at the last minute, but we weren't the worse off for it either. At the time, everyone and their arm rest were offering some kind of SDN-workshop-certification thingy. Suffice it to say, to this day, we still don't know what SDN means to us, hehe. Mark.
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- Re: questions asked during network engineer interview, (continued)
- Re: questions asked during network engineer interview Michael Thomas (Jul 14)
- RE: questions asked during network engineer interview adamv0025 (Jul 14)
- Re: questions asked during network engineer interview William Herrin (Jul 14)
- Re: questions asked during network engineer interview Mark Tinka (Jul 20)
- Re: questions asked during network engineer interview William Herrin (Jul 20)
- Re: questions asked during network engineer interview Michael Thomas (Jul 20)
- Re: questions asked during network engineer interview Sander Steffann (Jul 20)
- Re: questions asked during network engineer interview Randy Bush (Jul 20)
- Re: questions asked during network engineer interview Nathan Stratton (Jul 21)
- Re: questions asked during network engineer interview Brandon Martin (Jul 20)
- Re: questions asked during network engineer interview Mark Tinka (Jul 20)
- Re: questions asked during network engineer interview Mel Beckman (Jul 20)
- Re: questions asked during network engineer interview Mark Tinka (Jul 20)
- Re: questions asked during network engineer interview Mel Beckman (Jul 21)
- Re: questions asked during network engineer interview Mark Tinka (Jul 21)
- Re: questions asked during network engineer interview Mel Beckman (Jul 21)
- Re: questions asked during network engineer interview Mark Tinka (Jul 21)
- RE: questions asked during network engineer interview adamv0025 (Jul 21)
- Re: questions asked during network engineer interview Mark Tinka (Jul 21)
- RE: questions asked during network engineer interview adamv0025 (Jul 21)
- Re: questions asked during network engineer interview Mark Tinka (Jul 21)