Couple of IT interview questions..

Snakedoctor · 28 Nov 2008 at 16:18

Bet he knows loads about computers, cos he's sat in 100's.

Penance · 28 Nov 2008 at 16:19

[TW]Fox;12986302 said:
Have you considered Sainsburys? They are recruiting and you don't need to do much thinking for yourself.

Come on give the guy a break, that is an out of order comment.

We all have to start somewhere and I am quite sure I could think of many Database admin questions that you would have no idea how to answer, does that mean I can tell you to go be a binman?

Truelly intelligent people never criticise other people for lack of knowledge...only stupid people with experience do that

paradigm · 28 Nov 2008 at 16:20

Penance said:
We all have to start somewhere and I am quite sure I could think of many Database admin questions that you would have no idea how to answer, does that mean I can tell you go be a binman?

No, because Fox isn't applying to be a Database Admin. This guy IS applying to be an IT technician.

Penance said:
Truelly intelligent people never criticise other poeple for lack of knowledge...

We aren't criticising his lack of knowledge, we are criticising his attitude towards thinking he knows what he is talking about, and the way he refuses to take advice.

palmy · 28 Nov 2008 at 16:20

Penance said:
We all have to start somewhere and I am quite sure I could think of many Database admin questions that you would have no idea how to answer, does that mean I can tell you go be a binman?

Hes not applying to be a database admin

[TW]Fox · 28 Nov 2008 at 16:20

Penance said:
I am quite sure I could think of many Database admin questions that you would have no idea how to answer, does that mean I can tell you go be a binman?

If I ever post a thread whinging about questions for an interview for a Database admin then yes, feel free. But then I'd not post such a thread becuase i'd at the least have the common sense not to apply for a job thats out of my league and if not then I'd have done some background research before making myself look like a prune on the internet.

Out of interest it took me 6 seconds to find a Wikipedia page explaining, in detail, what a peer-to-peer network is. The OP didn't even have the sense to do that so how is he going to cope if he got the job and something went wrong on site? lol

LordSplodge · 28 Nov 2008 at 16:21

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.

Stop digging yourself a hole.

dangerstat · 28 Nov 2008 at 16:23

kayone said:
'Superdome' Some sort of building?

sometimes I think they about as user friendly as a brick wall though, HPUX

rz30, to be honest I guess your just a bit young and not really had a proper job in IT before. In a way I understand what your saying, I guess you think you've fiddled with windows before managed to set up a little home network with windows nice wizards and perhaps that means your qualified to do IT support?

In reality it just means your a competent home PC user.

EDIT for extended funnies can we get Fox to actually apply for a database admin job and see if his interview goes better than rz30's?

Ethics · 28 Nov 2008 at 16:24

dangerstat said:
In reality it just means your a competent home PC user.

To be fair a lot of "IT Support" can't even claim that, but i understand your point of distinction between enterprise/business and home.

Mr Jack · 28 Nov 2008 at 16:25

This thread is made of win

Penance · 28 Nov 2008 at 16:25

Ok well fair responses I guess, but I do think that comment was a bit too much. Tesco is far better

Dano · 28 Nov 2008 at 16:27

Reminds me of an interview I went to last year...

Interviewer: Can you tell me the default port for FTP?

Me: Erm... 20 something...

Interviewer: That's good, you at least know what a port is.

Me: ...

Knubje · 28 Nov 2008 at 16:28

Posting in this thread for the lulz!

Thanks RZ!

(Also having a problem with some torrents, need an I.T expert, I can pay?)

LiE · 28 Nov 2008 at 16:28

mmm port..

[TW]Fox · 28 Nov 2008 at 16:31

dangerstat said:
EDIT for extended funnies can we get Fox to actually apply for a database admin job and see if his interview goes better than rz30's?

Why? I'm not a database administrator by trade, I never have been, I never will be and I've never considered it. The interview would be a disaster but it's irrelevent because I'm not applying for database admin jobs thinking I could hack it because I can name a database program and I once put my address book in it.

Paul11 · 28 Nov 2008 at 16:32

give the guy a break. some of the comments are a bit harsh

Knubje · 28 Nov 2008 at 16:32

While we are on the subject; can someone please explain to me what the hell an internet is?

Mr Jack · 28 Nov 2008 at 16:34

Paulus said:
give the guy a break. some of the comments are a bit harsh

No, they're really not.

dangerstat · 28 Nov 2008 at 16:34

[TW]Fox;12986555 said:
Why? I'm not a database administrator by trade, I never have been, I never will be and I've never considered it. The interview would be a disaster but it's irrelevent because I'm not applying for database admin jobs thinking I could hack it because I can name a database program and I once put my address book in it.

Erm it was a joke

dangerstat · 28 Nov 2008 at 16:36

Knubje said:
While we are on the subject; can someone please explain to me what the hell an internet is?

It's a place there people that pretend they know about things exist

Penance · 28 Nov 2008 at 16:36

[TW]Fox;12986555 said:
Why? I'm not a database administrator by trade, I never have been, I never will be and I've never considered it. The interview would be a disaster but it's irrelevent because I'm not applying for database admin jobs thinking I could hack it because I can name a database program and I once put my address book in it.

I will be happy to interview you

But seriously you'd be surprised the amount of people who do try and blag it and I'm sure it's the same in other IT related jobs.

People like that come unstuck when something goes wrong imo.