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Matthew,
Thanks for the list of questions.
Matthew Zito <mzito_at_gridapp.com> wrote:
Okay, here are my favorites for senior candidates (I'm giving all my secrets away...):
Then I usually throw in some amorphous questions: tell me about a performance problem you tracked down and solved, how do you normally secure a freshly installed Solaris server, etc. Then I follow up with product specific questions - oracle, sun cluster, veritas volume manager, storage, etc.
Thanks,
Matt
-- Matthew Zito GridApp Systems Email: mzito_at_gridapp.com Cell: 646-220-3551 Phone: 212-358-8211 x 359 http://www.gridapp.comReceived on Tue Jul 15 2003 - 18:19:10 CDT
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>
> question #1: Do you realize that your DBA is a God, and you
> will obey his/her edicts without question?
>
> question #2: Are you aware of the daily offering of
> food/beer required to keep in your God's (DBA's) good graces?
>
> etc...
>
> Scott Shafer
> San Antonio, TX
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>
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> > Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2003 1:30 PM
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> > Subject: Interview Questions for a Unix Solaris System Admin
> >
> > I've been asked to interview a system admin candidate for
> our Solaris
> > shop. I've search Google and altavista, but haven't come
> up with any
> > after 1999 interview questions. Does anyone have a list of
> interview
> > question or a link to some?
> >
> >
> >
> > tia
> >
> > M
> >
> > _____
> >
> > Do you Yahoo!?
> > The New Yahoo! Search
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> > Faster. Easier. Bingo.
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Bingo. --0-1383376415-1058311150=:80975 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii <DIV>Matthew,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Thanks for the list of questions.<BR><BR><B><I>Matthew Zito <mzito_at_gridapp.com></I></B> wrote:</DIV> <DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid; WIDTH: 100%"><BR>Okay, here are my favorites for senior candidates (I'm giving all my<BR>secrets away...):<BR><BR>1) What is an inode? Bonus: What important piece of file information is<BR>NOT stored in the inode?<BR>2) What is priority paging and how does it work? (mildly dated, but<BR>useful if they claim to have been around for a while)<BR>3) What does sr stand for in vmstat output?<BR>4) How would I configure the gigabit ethernet interface to force it to<BR>be full duplex?<BR>5) How does RAID-5 work? Bonus question: how does raid-4 work?<BR>Extra-extra bonus question: how does raid-3 work?<BR>6) What's the difference between the passwd and the shadow files?<BR>7) What's the difference between the dsk and rdsk devices in /dev? Bonus<BR>question: what's the difference between a block and a character device?<BR>8) How do journaling filesystems work?<BR>9) What's the difference between ssh and telnet? Why is one preferable<BR>over the other?<BR>10) What's the difference between the e4000 and the e4500 (or e6000 and<BR>e6500, etc. - also a bit dated, but there's still a million of the<BR>things out there)<BR>11) What happens on an E6500 when I add boards in the bottom two slots?<BR>(I won't ask this if the person has never touched an E6500)<BR>12) On an Sbus e-class I/O tray, what performance considerations do I<BR>have to keep in mind when I'm installing Sbus cards?<BR>13) Why is NIS bad?<BR>14) What's the difference between TCP and UDP? <BR>15) How does DNS work? Bonus question: is DNS TCP or UDP?<BR><BR>Then I usually throw in some amorphous questions: tell me about a<BR>performance problem you tracked down and solved, how do you normally<BR>secure a freshly installed Solaris server, etc. Then I follow up with<BR>product specific questions - oracle, sun cluster, veritas volume<BR>manager, storage, etc. <BR><BR>Thanks,<BR>Matt<BR><BR>--<BR>Matthew Zito<BR>GridApp Systems<BR>Email: mzito@gridapp.com<BR>Cell: 646-220-3551<BR>Phone: 212-358-8211 x 359<BR>http://www.gridapp.com<BR><BR>> -----Original Message-----<BR>> From: ml-errors@fatcity.com [mailto:ml-errors@fatcity.com] On <BR>> Behalf Of Scott.Shafer@dcpds.cpms.osd.mil<BR>> Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2003 1:44 PM<BR>> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L<BR>> Subject: RE: Interview Questions for a Unix Solaris System Admin<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> question #1: Do you realize that your DBA is a God, and you <BR>> will obey his/her edicts without question?<BR>> <BR>> question #2: Are you aware of the daily offering of <BR>> food/beer required to keep in your God's (DBA's) good graces?<BR>> <BR>> etc...<BR>> <BR>> Scott Shafer<BR>> San Antonio, TX<BR>> 210.581.6217<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> > -----Original Message-----<BR>> > From: M.Godlewski [SMTP:mcgodlewski@yahoo.com]<BR>> > Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2003 1:30 PM<BR>> > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L<BR>> > Subject: Interview Questions for a Unix Solaris System Admin<BR>> > <BR>> > I've been asked to interview a system admin candidate for <BR>> our Solaris <BR>> > shop. I've search Google and altavista, but haven't come <BR>> up with any <BR>> > after 1999 interview questions. Does anyone have a list of <BR>> interview <BR>> > question or a link to some?<BR>> > <BR>> > <BR>> > <BR>> > tia<BR>> > <BR>> > M<BR>> > <BR>> > _____<BR>> > <BR>> > Do you Yahoo!?<BR>> > The New Yahoo! Search <BR>> > <HTTP: search.yahoo.com *http: mailsig search us.rd.yahoo.com>- <BR>> > Faster. Easier. Bingo.<BR>> -- <BR>> Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net<BR>> -- <BR>> Author: <BR>> INET: Scott.Shafer@dcpds.cpms.osd.mil<BR>> <BR>> Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com<BR>> San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services<BR>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------<BR>> To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message<BR>> to: ListGuru@fatcity.com (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') <BR>> and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB <BR>> ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed <BR>> from). You may also send the HELP command for other <BR>> information (like subscribing).<BR>> <BR><BR>-- <BR>Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net<BR>-- <BR>Author: Matthew Zito<BR>INET: mzito@gridapp.com<BR><BR>Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com<BR>San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services<BR>---------------------------------------------------------------------<BR>To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message<BR>to: ListGuru_at_fatcity.com (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in<BR>the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L<BR>(or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may<BR>also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).</BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><p><hr SIZE=1> Do you Yahoo!?<br> <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/search/mailsig/*http://search.yahoo.com">The New Yahoo! Search</a> - Faster. Easier. Bingo.
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