| Most information technology job interviews involve a | | | | basic and some discussion of specific work |
| phone interview, technical interview and sometimes a | | | | experience. The discussion of experience will often |
| personal interview. The phone interview is an | | | | lead to questions about specific choices and leading |
| introduction with the purpose of determining if there | | | | questions from those responsibilities and projects. In |
| is a preliminary match. The job expectations are | | | | some cases the technical interview is a list of |
| spelled out including specific responsibilities, relocation, | | | | increasingly difficult questions that gauge basic, |
| salary, overtime, hours of work, team environment, | | | | intermediate and advanced knowledge of topics. |
| career development, benefits and promotion. | | | | Companies should spend some time designing a |
| The personal interview has alot to do with seeing the | | | | technical interview that reveals technical knowledge |
| work environment and meeting key employees | | | | from basic skills to specific skills that pertain to the |
| including management personnel and answering | | | | job itself. The format could include multiple choice, |
| technical and non-technical questions that reveal | | | | what if scenarios and basic question and answer. |
| attitude and personality profile. | | | | Asking the interviewer what topics will be the |
| The technical interview is a key filtering tool most | | | | subject of the interview is always a good idea and |
| companies use and the focus of this article. The | | | | searching comments from other sources on interview |
| technical interview is most often conducted via | | | | style etc. |
| phone however can be in person. Companies want to | | | | The network administrator interview often consists |
| know you have at least the basic technical skills and | | | | of questions involving the osi model, campus |
| knowledge specific to the opportunity before | | | | protocols, wan protocols, routing and switch |
| proceeding with a personal interview. If the company | | | | commands, basic network design and network server |
| has a lot of applicants the technical interview could be | | | | administration. You should know basic routing and |
| more important and sometimes rigorous. The | | | | switch processes, troubleshooting commands, |
| candidates would then have a difficult interview that | | | | protocol selection and behaviour, network |
| goes beyond the job posting to see how deep the | | | | management and security. |
| candidate skill set extends. | | | | The ebook Networking Interview Guide is available |
| There is no set scripts for technical interviews. In | | | | at eBookmall. |
| some cases it could be a few questions that are | | | | |