Couple of IT interview questions..

rz30 said:
I know what it is but i would have called it LAN networking, or just general networking which was one of the other questions?
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You clearly DO NOT know what peer to peer is!

By the way, the N in LAN stands for NETWORKING, so saying LAN network is a bit redundant :p
 
It's not looking good for you. I wouldn't fancy your chances in an IT interview to be honest. Don't take this the wrong way, but from your posts you don't strike me as the sharpest tool in the box.
 
msm722 said:
It's not looking good for you. I wouldn't fancy your chances in an IT interview to be honest. Don't take this the wrong way, but from your posts you don't strike me as the sharpest tool in the box.
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Ok, that will really sway me.
 
Messiah Khan said:
Ok guys give him a break. Admitedly the OP was a funny post, but no need to rip into him too much. By all means go for the job rz30, but I really would start doing some serious reading.
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No really don't. The last thing we need is more idiots in the IT industry. It is people who blag their way into IT roles that are often the cause of problems and bad practice and affect peoples perception of IT.

We really need better regulation of this industry. Too many cowboys, if we had something like charted status from the BCS being more widely asked for then a lot of this poor perception would go away. Those who were cowboys and made serious errors would lose their charted status and be unable to find decent work.

Back to the OP. This is the reason I asked him to tell us about his job. If he is going for a Servicedesk/Field/Possibly a desktop role then he has plenty of time to work his way up and I'd welcome him to the IT industry with open arms. If he is trying to blag a more technical role then :/

Enterprise level IT is a million miles away from Home/Small office computing.
 
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After the Friday's Funnies thread died up along comes this :D

Good luck with the interview - if I where you if they asked you a question like this I'd probably chose "I'm not sure" over your opening post
 
'Hello sir, welcome to Birmingham Honda. Quick interview for you, you say you are familiar with cars?'
'Yea yea for sure, loads of areas of cars though so I'm a bit rusty on some of the stuff'
'Not worry - little quiz for you. You need to top up the oil on a Jazz, where does it go?'
'Errr in the screenwash. No wait maybe the radiator? Can't remember, been a while'
'we'll call you...'
 
palmy said:
No really dont. The last thing we need is more idiots in the IT industry. Its people who blag their way in that causes the problems and affect peoples opinion of IT in general.

We really need better regulation of this industry. Too many cowboys, with something like Charted status from the BCS being more widely asked for in senior jobs a lot of this perception would go away. Those who were cowboys and mucked up would lose their charted status.

Back to the OP. This is the reason I asked him to tell us about his job. If he is going for a Servicedesk/Field/Possibly a desktop role then he has plenty of time to work his way up and I'd welcome him to the IT industry with open arms. If he is trying to blag a more technical role then :/

Enterprise level IT is a million miles away from Home/Small office computing.
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It's entry level, it's not a massive mistake to make. I know the process of settings up networks and have been more involved in programming up till now so this is really a crash course in some terminology. And it has been too long since i've used Windows NT.

If i was too say to you, can you code me up a simple xml parser in C++, you wouldn't have a clue what i was talking about...

The main problem was that they already ask if you can set up wireless networking and then peer-to-peer later on. I now understand that peer-to-peer is what i would regard as setting up a LAN.
 
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rz30 said:
It's entry level, it's not a massive mistake to make. I know the process of settings up networks and have been more involved in programming up till now so this is really a crash course in some terminology. And it has been too long since i've used Windows NT.
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You are probably using Windows NT now!

The main problem was that they already ask if you can set up wireless networking and then peer-to-peer later on.
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What if the wanted a peer to peer wireless network? :p
 
rz30 said:
It's entry level, it's not a massive mistake to make. I know the process of settings up networks and have been more involved in programming up till now so this is really a crash course in some terminology. And it has been too long since i've used Windows NT.

If i was too say to you, can you code me up a simple xml parser in C++, you wouldn't have a clue what i was talking about...
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If it really is entry level that is fine as you obviously have *some* understanding on IT.

I could create a simple parser in C++ as I have a play in my spare time. But that isnt the point. I wouldnt dream of applying for a job as a developer because that is not my professional skillset. I certainly wouldnt entertain implementing it for a customer nor would I entertain being flippant with my career choices.

Make a choice and stick to it.
 
rz30 said:
The main problem was that they already ask if you can set up wireless networking and then peer-to-peer later on. I now understand that peer-to-peer is what i would regard as setting up a LAN.
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Please, stop digging a hole and read some info on networking. LAN != Peer to Peer.

Peer to Peer networking can be a topology of a LAN, but it could also be the topology of a serial connection.
 
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