From: Jonny English (redkidneybeans@gmail.com)
Date: Thu Dec 06 2007 - 03:44:19 ART
I was once interviewed by a dual or triple CCIE ( now i don't have my CCIE).
I was really nervous before I went for obvious reasons, but this guy grilled
me on everything. The way he did it was quite smart. He'd take things I
listed in my CV and also ask me what i've been working on in my current job.
He'd then ask me which protocol i found the easiest to configure and knew
well, and then would go into detailed questions on it. He went into VoIP and
wireless as well. He then went into design scenarios and what I would do. I
went out of that interview shaking, some of it I knew of the bat, some of I
said I didn't know straight away, and some of the questions I made educated
answers on what i knew was fact. I went out feeling I didn't get the job.
A couple of hours after that interview they made me an offer. The thing they
said was that they liked my thought process, and my attitude. That's what
got me the job. But I don't know if interviews work differently when you're
a CCIE and not just someone trying to get CCIE like me.
On Dec 6, 2007 7:18 PM, darth router <darklordrouter@gmail.com> wrote:
> Narbik,
>
> I passed R/S in
> Aug. I don't post my num, because Scott Morris might try to steal my
> identity :P He is a famous hax0r/pirate you know.
> :P
>
> I like your guy's responses to this question, but
> you guys are CCIEs!! You understand what it really means to get it, and
> what
> it doesn't mean. To me, it was a really hard
> test, that could get me paid more. Thus my motivation.
>
> I haven't had any horrible interviews, I am just curious what the
> community
> thinks. Seems like there are a lot of opinions of what a CCIE
> should/shoudn't know in an interview just off of this board here.
>
> DR
>
> On 12/5/07, Narbik Kocharians <narbikk@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Darth, Are you a CCIE? I don't see your number. But what would you hate
> to
> > be asked in the interview? that's the question i would ask.
> > I would ask him/her what are your weak points and what are your strong
> > points. Go from there.
> > Talk to him/her about some of the problems that your firm had and see
> > what the person responds, but don't expect the poor CCIE to solve it for
> you
> > in a second. But he/she should have an idea as to where to look, from
> that
> > you should know the depth of his/her knowledge.
> > If you or the interviewer is experienced enough, the second this person
> > opens his/her mouth, you should know the depth of his knowledge.
> >
> > But once again, CCIEs are not gods, they can have a bad day as well. I
> > personally like to focus on the person's attitude and personality,
> obviously
> > he/she got the CCIE cert, which means that the person either knows or
> knew
> > the stuff and can easily pick up the info.
> >
> >
> > My 2 Cent.
> >
> > On 12/5/07, darth router <darklordrouter@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Ok guys,
> > >
> > > there was a thread a while back talking about dumbass CCIE's. As I
> > > prefer
> > > not to be the dumbest CCIE on the planet, help me out with questions
> > > that
> > > you might ask a CCIE candidate in an interview. I have had some brutal
> > > interviews since I became IE. Honestly the questions seem a bit basic
> so
> > > far, but I have had some really in depth questions about
> spanning-tree,
> > > troubleshootin real world EIGRP scenarios, etc.. that really caught me
> > > off
> > > guard. It's not that I could not have solved these issues, had I been
> > > there
> > > logged into the routers, its explaining things we take for granted can
> > > be
> > > tough, especially in interviews. It seems like a lot of
> > > people are amazed that a CCIE couldn't answer this or that question.
> > > Personally, I am trying to come up with a knowledge maintanance plan,
> > > like reading a chapter in the exam cert guide every week. The tasks I
> > > do not do on a daily basis fade quickly.
> > >
> > >
> > > I have of late been going way back to basics, reading up on TCP/IP
> > > flows,
> > > Ethernet, ARP, looking at packet sniffing traces, etc.. Someone made
> > > mention
> > > of the CAM table populating entries, so I read up on that too.
> > >
> > > I certainly don't know everything, but I would love to. Care to give
> me
> > > some
> > > example questions you might ask a CCIE in an interview, or
> technologies
> > > you
> > > would expect to have him/her to have down pat?
> > >
> > > DR
> > >
> > >
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