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NetworkingStudent
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This seems like basic knowledge, but I like the way it was presented.
How to Prepare for an IT Job Interview | Train Signal Training - Free Computer Training Videos
How to Prepare for an IT Job Interview | Train Signal Training - Free Computer Training Videos
When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened."
--Alexander Graham Bell,
American inventor
--Alexander Graham Bell,
American inventor
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ssampier Member Posts: 224Excellent. While none of the advice was new, it was nice to see the fundamentals mentioned.
My biggest weakness is the stress question. My last SQ was the "How fast is the speed of light?" My mind blanked. I really didn't know.
I had to look that up after my interview. LOL Ah well...Future Plans:
JNCIA Firewall
CCNA:Security
CCNP
More security exams and then the world. -
Bl8ckr0uter Inactive Imported Users Posts: 5,031 ■■■■■■■■□□The speed of light is relative to the medium it is traveling through. Just an FYI
Speed of light - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia -
earweed Member Posts: 5,192 ■■■■■■■■■□Review the basics......
Every interview I've had so far has had a network connectivity problem. Make sure you know stuff like that.No longer work in IT. Play around with stuff sometimes still and fix stuff for friends and relatives. -
Asif Dasl Member Posts: 2,116 ■■■■■■■■□□My biggest weakness is the stress question. My last SQ was the "How fast is the speed of light?" My mind blanked. I really didn't know.
Interviewer: What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?
Me: I don't know that! Ahhhhh!
</Monty Python>
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ssampier Member Posts: 224They were looking for the 300,000 km/sec answer and they told me as much.
I just think it's a bad stress question since you either know it or you don't. I guess they were trying to weed out the "fluffy non scientists" (me). So I guess it served their purpose.
At least it wasn't as bad as that 2 hour math/logic/personality test for another job.<Monty Python>
Interviewer: What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?
Me: I don't know that! Ahhhhh!
</Monty Python>
YouTube - Airspeed Velocity of a Swallow
An African or European swallow?Future Plans:
JNCIA Firewall
CCNA:Security
CCNP
More security exams and then the world.