Network Administrator Interview next week

jamesbrown

I'll be working with routers, swicthes, firewalls, servers, help desk, SAN, Lotus Notes and Dominos. I have no experience at all with networking but i'm really strong when it comes to Servers, but in time i can pick with the network piece.

What should i be expecting on this interview? I'm going to be meeting with 3 directors for the interview.


thanks

higherho

jamesbrown wrote: »

I'll be working with routers, swicthes, firewalls, servers, help desk, SAN, Lotus Notes and Dominos. I have no experience at all with networking but i'm really strong when it comes to Servers, but in time i can pick with the network piece.

What should i be expecting on this interview? I'm going to be meeting with 3 directors for the interview.


thanks

I think the lack of networking knowledge might hurt you. If they have routers, switches, and firewalls down as a job requirement (configuration tasks) they might ask you some routing protocol questions, port security, SAN configuration (if its a EMC how do you configure a LUN / Raid group?), etc. Did you put networking knowledge down your resume? Is this job more focused on servers than networking? Is it an all in one gig?

Are one of the directors the IT director?

jamesbrown

higherho wrote: »

I think the lack of networking knowledge might hurt you. If they have routers, switches, and firewalls down as a job requirement (configuration tasks) they might ask you some routing protocol questions, port security, SAN configuration (if its a EMC how do you configure a LUN / Raid group?), etc. Did you put networking knowledge down your resume? Is this job more focused on servers than networking? Is it an all in one gig?

Are one of the directors the IT director?

Yes, The IT Director is going to be there. I just email you the job description. Tell me what you think.

Thanks

jamesbrown

Had my interview to day and it seems like everything went great. i only had problem explaining what the difference between a SAN vs NAS and different type of RAID. I gave them the right answer on RAID 0/1/5. IT director told me that I would diffinately hear from them -- is this a sign:)

thanks
james

cyberguypr

Best of luck!

jamesbrown

cyberguypr wrote: »

Best of luck!

Thanks you,
james

jamesbrown

Should I send a thank you letter to all 3 of the interviewer?

YuckTheFankees

I hope you hear from them soon, and it wouldn't hurt to send a thank you letter.

greenerek

Jamesbrown, I think you should not hesitate and send thank you letter to all of them if you can.

b321618

good luck!

jamesbrown

b321618 wrote: »

good luck!

I just hope I get this because I'll be second in command to the IT Director.