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Systems Admin Interview next week tuesday
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jamesbrown
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It was posted on the companies site. Now, i know if a company is not flexible, its a no no.cyberguypr wrote: »Well, the fact that they were inflexible regarding the interview date/time was a red flag. Did this come through a recruiter or was the position posted somewhere?
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Brain_Power
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jamesbrown wrote: »Got there, they wanted someone with Cisco\VoIP\IVR experience but they posted for a systems Administrator. I wish I could Punch someone in the face for wasting my time.
I would get your CCNA, if you do not have the cert. This way you can be prepared for next time. Fill in the gaps for competition. -
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Brain_Power wrote: »I would get your CCNA, if you do not have the cert. This way you can be prepared for next time. Fill in the gaps for competition.
I came there prepared for the Server 2008 R2 questions, but they kept asking Cisco\Switches\IVR\AVD-something like that. -
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Reasons like this is why I want to become certified in wide range of vendors and technologies. HR and corporate is always looking to throw a curve ball on interviews, in the attempt to find someone well rounded and do more than the average candidate.
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jamesbrown wrote: »Got there, they wanted someone with Cisco\VoIP\IVR experience but they posted for a systems Administrator. I wish I could Punch someone in the face for wasting my time.
Don't sweat it. Apparently systems administration is a dying field anyways... -
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techinthewoods wrote: »Don't sweat it. Apparently systems administration is a dying field anyways...
What field should I be looking at? I already got my 70-640,70-642,70-643 certification. I am currently studying for the 70-647 now. -
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gdeusthewhizkid
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you are in the same boat as me.. been in a support role for 7 years also. do you have any certs ? Im trying to get promoted to network admin...WGU Progress: Progress | Completed | Start Date: 9/1/2012 B.S. Network Management & Design
Courses Transferred in: BBC1 LAE1 QBT1 IWC1 IWT1 DHV1 CSV1 CWV1 CRV1 DEV1 - 28 cu :roll:
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jamesbrown wrote: »What field should I be looking at? I already got my 70-640,70-642,70-643 certification. I am currently studying for the 70-647 now.
A field you love. Don't believe in this hyper bole that system admins are going to die. This is not like Novell where IPX went to the way side and TCP/IP took over. System Admins are going to be a need for a while . However, I think system administrators need to be versatile with their knowledge (network administration, some programming knowledge, etc). If you have your Microsoft certs your going to be golden for a while and heck you could probably land a job at Microsoft themselves.
Its safe to say that a System Administrator should also know Networking decently well (at least CCENT level depending on the environment). I think SA's are just a generalist type of position until you get into an engineering role / design role -
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jamesbrown wrote: »What field should I be looking at? I already got my 70-640,70-642,70-643 certification. I am currently studying for the 70-647 now.
I was joking because of the other thread about some article claiming systems administrators being doomed. Personally, I thought the article sounded like BS.
I think Systems Administration is a great field to go into and personally I'm focusing on Linux just because that's how I roll.
