From: Chris Larson (clarson52@comcast.net)
Date: Sat Apr 03 2004 - 01:22:25 GMT-3
I agree about the pressure part somewhat
I know or assume you weren't making a reference to my specific situation
but...Using my situation as an example
..
I could not immedialty recall what mutlicast addy OSPF hellos and EIGRP use.
I mean I knew one was 224.0.0.5 and one was 224.0.0.10. I have not thought
about it or been in front of a router in 6 months. I have done several
succesfull design and implementation of both types of networks but recently
I have been doing security and project management. Does that mean I have no
clue or that I no longer have the skill to design and implement an OSPF
network? Maybe it would lead you to believe I don't know what I am talking
about and clueless..... I mean it is very basic. My resume shows a history
of doing so successfully. Would I be lying because I suddenly couldn't
recall? Or the invalid timer of rip. again, something I have not thought
about in some time and escaped me in my interview. Embarrasing yes but
relevant? Something the router gives up rather easily. Put me down in front
of it.
Anyway...I understand the importance of the technical aspects of an
interview but it should be balanced with history and other supporting
information. And the interview, unless it is a stress intyerview should at
least be cordial
----- Original Message -----
From: "J. Kata" <j@jkata.com>
To: <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 8:12 PM
Subject: Re: Bad Interview Experience
> It's both.
>
> Good for people who are honest.
> Bad for people who are less than.
>
> Good for people who know what they are talking about.
> Bad for people who don't have a clue.
>
> Good for people who perform well under pressure.
> Bad for those who don't.
>
> etc.
>
>
> - Jan
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ian Stong" <istong@stong.org>
>
> > Note sure if you are suggesting it was a good thing or a bad thing that
> > he did that. I think it sounds like a great idea in that it would give
> > you insight into many aspects of the person. If they had all sorts of
> > technical skills on their resume but couldn't answer questions about
> > them then they may be prone to exaggeration, lying, etc. Also if you
> > are looking for a technical person it's also a good way to weed out
> > those who are not. I've found in interviewing people that often a
> > resume can look great with lots of awesome looking jobs and skills but
> > they turn out to have done little and know even less :)
> >
> >
> > Ian
> > www.ccie4u.com
> > Cisco Lab Scenarios and Rack Rentals
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
> > Jan K
> > Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 4:21 PM
> > To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
> > Subject: Re: Bad Interview Experience
> >
> > One interviewer I knew intentionally didn't read anything past the
> > skills
> > portion on the resume lest he become too impressed by the subject's
> > experience (or underwhelmed).
> >
> > During the interview he would basically grill you on whatever you dared
> > to
> > put down in your skills section, looking for weak spots and fibs. If you
> > passed, the interview process proceeded. If you failed, goodbye. It was
> > just
> > a very efficient and meritocratic way of narrowing down the candidates.
> >
> > This person, btw, had 10+ years of experience, starting out as a cable
> > installer, and was a vp at the time working for a major bank/brokerage
> > (csfb). He didn't have a single certification and found people who had
> > the
> > audacity to call themselves experts (the e in ccie) totally unimpressive
> > and
> > somewhat pretentious after one of them couldn't tell him what the
> > default
> > enable password for Catalyst 6500's was.
> >
> > - Jan
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Chris Larson" <clarson52@comcast.net>
> >
> >
> > > My VistaPrint Electronic Business CardI just thought I would throw out
> > an
> > > experience I had yesterday. It was very unnerving and I wonder if
> > others
> > have
> > > had similiar experiences. I have been in networking for better then 12
> > years
> > > but only got CCIE certified in the last year. I have had lots of
> > interviews
> > > throughout my carreer, most have had a technical aspect but I never
> > felt
> > > uncomfortable in any of them until yesterday.
> > >
> >
> > <snip>
> >
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