I got technical interview in few days help me!
Posted by No-Window-9284@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 12 comments
So as title suggests I passed the HR round for a IT specialist Job, and in 2 days I have technical round with 2 IT heads. I am asking for help with questions and what will they ask me since I have been out of System administration for a while I was a support engineer before then had years of gap now i am getting back into it any help would be useful.
Thank you!
1stPeter3-15@reddit
Take the job description, and everything else you know so far about the role, dump it into AI and ask it to generate topics to study on.
R0B0T_jones@reddit
This. Its pretty good at forming relevant questions
R0B0T_jones@reddit
This. Its pretty good at forming relevant questions
19610taw3@reddit
Technical interviews for a sysadmin role are more about how trainable you are, how easy it is to work with you and how good of an employee you can be.
If you're the smartest person on the planet, but completely untrainable and a jerk ... you won't get the job
Denver80211@reddit
This is good. Of all the people I have hired it's the people who listen to what I say, then ask questions that show they are connecting the dots/ projecting where I was going, are curious and ready to learn rather than teach me. It's about adapting to their environment rather than the other way around.
One thing I have learned (the hard way) over the years: Common sense is not common. Every company has their own way of doing things. Be willing to use your tools in their house vs bring your furniture into theirs.
It sounds icky to say that... but I have found it to be true most of the time when you start out at a new place.
Icuras1701@reddit
Be ready to explain why there's a gap.
sussmanscott@reddit
Understand subnetting.
No-Window-9284@reddit (OP)
Yes i have gone through the concept just gonna practice more in packet tracer
raip@reddit
Might help if you give the job description or something about the role itself. Outside of the boilerplate "Tell me about a time you solved a difficult challenge." type questions - there's nothing here to really to know what kind of questions they could possibly ask.
No-Window-9284@reddit (OP)
Its a workstudent job so mostly supporting networking and basic jobs like onboarding and offboarding employees and some maintenance
FixDouble1405@reddit
Be honest about the gap, but frame it as: “I’m refreshing quickly, and my support background gave me strong troubleshooting habits.”
imsankettt@reddit
Focus on basics.