Interesting Interview Questions (and answers)

[NetworkGroover]

I don't know how you can be in IT in general and not know that stuff :-(

In my line of work I deal with a lot of other people that work in IT and ask myself that almost daily.

I get all my IT knowledge from CSI Cyber. 

Haha that's like me... I'm not a security expert, but I DID stay at a Holiday Inn express last night...

EDIT - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlCLuIwuVgQ - if you need some context to understand my comment...

[NetworkGroover]

OH YEAH? ONE DAY, I'LL BE THE BOSS OF YOU AND THEN YOU WILL HAVE TO DO SECURITY!!!!!!~~!!!!!!ELEVEN!!!!!!

But that never happens, so the R&S guys blithely build out beautiful networks and then scream blue murder when the security guy wants to impact his precious bandwidth with netflow or a SPAN port... and the guys exfiltrating the data thank the R&S guys for championing their cause.

Still, not as bad as the developers. How does that icon go again?



Ah yes, the developers... If they built cars, they'd all have solid rocket boosters, no seat belts, airbags, or doors, and racing slick tires.

But back on topic, this should be about interview questions...

"Are you now or have you ever been a developer?"

Hehe, not to keep going further off-topic... but I would like to at least defend myself and say I know the need for security - I just don't want to be the guy that has to do it   I have a lot of respect for you guys... even if you're a PITA. It's hard work.

[dlots]

There was a question a while back on networking-forum there are 2 routers with EIGRP and OSPF redistributed into echother, and 3 routers below them with just OSPF (in a U so there are 2 paths to the EIGRP area), OSPF was just default redistributed into them with a question of what path will one of the routers 1 hop from the EIGRP/OSPF router take, and what possable issues could there be.

I think that would make an awesome interview question cause the question can show you what level people are at
1.) Crapy guy says it takes 1 hop to the closest EIGRP router, can't explain why.
2.) pretty good guy will say it will load balance cause it has 2 equal paths cause it's a type 2 redistribution.
3.) good guy will say it will load balance and point out that there could be issues if they are both load balancing back to one another.
4.) Really good guy says it will go to the closest EIGRP router cause of the secondary metric in OSPF

[Otanx]

5.) The really lazy guy does a show ip route, and says it will do that.

-Otanx

[dlots]

yep, but they don't get a lab to do this in, just a drawing

[NetworkGroover]

5.) The really lazy guy does a show ip route, and says it will do that.

-Otanx

Haha - win.

[Nerm]

5.) The really lazy guy does a show ip route, and says it will do that.

-Otanx

 

[NetworkGroover]

6) Experienced guy might ask if they are all the same vendor, mention interoperability testing will need to be done to confirm proper operation if they're not, and (possibly - too lazy to put too much effort into this) there may be a need for filtering to prevent routing loops since it sounds like you're describing mutual redistribution at two points.  Not to mention why on earth are you locking yourself in to a single vendor with proprietary routing protocols since it's a Gartner best practice to support multi-vendor environments to help create vendor competition and drive down business cost.

[NetworkGroover]

5.) The really lazy guy does a show ip route, and says it will do that.

-Otanx

 

Seriously, I'd be half-tempted just to hire him for the laughs he could bring to the team.

[hizzo3]

One of my classmates sat with a top security company for an entry position. Aside from taking a standard battery of tests (like real tests) to qualify their skills, there was also multiple team work exams. They made teams out of the applicants and were made to solve problems using cards and other child toys. It took a total of 6 hours... At first I didn't hear he mentioned an interview and thought he sat for a psyc exam.