Sitting…

22nd January

…on the other side of the desk. Apologies, another desk related post but a very different kind of desk!

Yesterday I got to formally interview the candidates that will take over my role in July and it was again like the telephone interview, thoroughly interesting and a completely new experience.

I had a 10-15 minute slot in the ‘technical interview’ to test/discuss technical/networky type issues that I come across as part of my job. It started off simple enough, what is a switch/router/firewall? What is an IP address/a subnet mask/a port number?

Then I put in a sneeky one, although it has happened to me a fair few times. “A software engineer has given me his IP address 10.10.1.45, why would I not add this to our firewall and let the address in?” I was a bit surprised none of the applicants picked out the right answer but still, good to keep them on their toes!

Dan

2 Responses to “Sitting…”

Ben
22nd January 2009
3:08 pm

Did you mention that he was an external software engineer from outside the HP network? Otherwise they may have assumed he was internal to HP and therefore the 10. would be fine… :P

Dan
22nd January 2009
3:12 pm

Yeah, there was a chunk of blurb about what I do and the set-up of the lab. Most of them were counting back the numbers, assuming I’d only given three octets or added an extra one.

Got to love a trick question!

All of them were on Software Engineering courses so explaining it to them was a bit tricky.

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“ Then he continued, "Do not be afraid, Daniel. Since the first day that you set your mind to gain understanding and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard and I have come in response to them." ”
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