From: Darby Weaver (darbyweaver@yahoo.com)
Date: Mon Jan 28 2008 - 00:38:16 ARST
Basically advanced level tech interviewers tend to ask
the basics... the differentiator is depth.
The best interviewers will ask basics that you can
explain in depth.
The level of depth that you are prepared to explain a
given topic usually indicates the technical level you
are currently at.
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The weaker "advanced level" tech interviewers ask you
simple trivia questions.
Personally, I feel insulted when a CCIE interviewer
asks me things like:
1. What are the layers of the OSI Model.
2. How many areas types are there in OSPF.
3. What is the administrative diatance of a given
protocol?
4. Explain classless and classful protocols.
On these interviews, I play dumb since there has
obviously been a mistake...
If they want a CCNA then they should ask for a CCNA.
A CCIE is supposed to (in my humble opinion) be a
technican who has learned the basics rather thoroughly
at the CCNA level, knows how to configure most current
technologies at the CCNP level or can quickly figure
them out, and finally knows how to troubleshoot a
network using various debugging and show commands at
the CCIE level.
Therefore it might be more appropriate for a CCIE or a
CCIE Candidate to know and understand topics and be
fully prepared to explain them at or about the same
level as say... the InternetworkExpert CCIE
Class-on-Demand series by the Brians.
Now I'd expect that most CCIE's ought to have at least
this level of familiarity with each topic or most of
them and a CCIE Candidate should be very familiar with
most if not all current technologies for a given
interview.
Now... people do crumble under pressure such as that
of an interview and as such, maybe one's answer may
not be perfect, but it should encompass the majority
of the what the technology is trying to achieve and
may be supplemented with some commands used to achieve
a certain goal.
Well it's just my idea...
If an interview is in person, then I'd expect and
appreciate the ability to perform a hands-on
demonstration of my technical aptitude or lack thereof
at the time of the interview.
Of course, all this assumes that your CCIE interviewer
is still technical and worth his/her own salt. I
would hope that most are but am not quite so naive as
to expect that all are current on every technology...
Recall the CCIE Lab of yesteryear is not even close to
that of today. They had a wider spectrum of
technologies to cover and less resources to acquire
the skills from. Albeit, at the same time, the
techical skill s required to complete a lab from then
was not quite as complex as those required of today's
candidates. So there is a delicate balance.
And at some point 2 candidates were apparently allowed
to complete a lab and even bring in their own notes to
use...
Try that today and you will be labeled a cheater and
fail.
--- ash tech <sordaf47@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Can anyone tell me some tough questions asked in
> interview by a CCIE(R&S) lab certified?
>
> Regards
> Ashu
>
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