questions asked during network engineer interview

Mon Jul 20 20:21:24 UTC 2020

On 7/20/20 1:02 PM, William Herrin wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 20, 2020 at 5:09 AM Mark Tinka <mark.tinka at seacom.com> wrote:
>> We'll probably spend 95% of the time just talking about who they are,
>> and 5% on the role. That has worked well for me in the past decade, and
>> none of those hires had any "certificates" to impress me with, even
>> though those that didn't make it, did.
> I find there's a strong INVERSE correlation between the quantity of
> certificates on an applicant's resume and their ability to do the job.
> I still have to laugh about the guy who let me know via his resume
> that he was certified in setting up Kentrox CSU/DSUs.

It's like all of these programming bootcamps that are cropping up these 
days. I'd frankly be a lot more impressed by somebody who is green but 
self-taught. That at least shows initiative.

Mike