From: Usankin, Andrew (Andrew.Usankin@twtelecom.com)
Date: Wed Nov 07 2007 - 13:24:51 ART
Marko, they usually ask if you can lift 50 lb. Say in the server room
you working with three more people. Summary "lifting" power of four of
you produce 200 lb. That's how things are usually done (if you had of
course lifting experience). Nobody actually expects to see THE BIG GUY
capable of lifting and HOLDING say 7500 router even if it doesn't have
power supplies on it.
Andrew
-----Original Message-----
From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
Marko Milivojevic
Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2007 2:48 AM
To: Cisco certification
Subject: RE: CCIE Important Interview Quesition asked by Sunrise, Swiss
All other things aside, but sometimes "people" skills are as important
as the technical skills. Language is surely one of those. There are some
enivironments that don't really care about that, i.e. those that you
never deal with external customers (coworkers will ususally get over
your bad language skills, if nothing else just to practice English,
German or whatever the second language they use).
There is one other point. Question about lifting a router and mounting
it in a rack could as well be a trick one. AQre you absolutely sure that
you can lift and mount full 7600, 12000 or CRS-1, even in an emergency?
I am sure I can't and I'm not exactly translucently thin man :-). Of
course, I'm not saying this is the case, but still think about all the
questions and all the answers you give. Interview is just another lab
day - know your stuff, but be ready for tricks ;-)
Also, like all others have stated. CCIE does not guarantee you a job.
Your skills do.
-----Original Message-----
From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
tom nohwa
Sent: 5. nsvember 2007 12:35
To: Cisco certification
Subject: CCIE Important Interview Quesition asked by Sunrise, Swiss
Hi all,
This is to explain you my job search experience happened in Swiss after
acquiring my CCIE. I am not sure how many of you have come across
similar situation.
I started my CCIE journey in the beginning of last year and passed the
lab a few months ago. Later, I started contacting the ISPs, most of
them never responded. I got an interview from one ISP which is the
second largest ISP
(Sunrise) in Swiss. During the interview, they did not ask any tech
questions, instead they asked whether I would be *able to lift the
router and fix it in the rack.* I was astonished to hear this question,
but I said
I would do it during the emergency situation. Then, I was asked to
wait
for few weeks. Few weeks later, I got the response that my French
skill
was very poor.
I have now the following questions to my fellow experts:
1. I have seen only the English version of Cisco IOS. Do you know any
French version?
2. Having 10+ years experience in networking and holding a degree in
networking from the world famous university, I was never asked to answer
any tech question. Instead, question like lifting the router and fixing
it in the rack, always irritate me. Is this type of question asked to
irritate/insult the CCIE?
3. Is it normal that companies don't respond to an CCIE's job
applications (of course my nationality is mentioned in my CV)?
Please let me know your comments as I hear that CCIEs are highly
respected everywhere.
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