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Technical questions from my interview

xenodamusxenodamus Member Posts: 758
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I just had a phone interview for a Jr. Network Engineer position that is Cisco focused and wanted to share the technical questions that I was thrown. I figure those hanging around this forum would be interested to know.

1) Explain the difference between a collision domain and broadcast domain.

2) How would you configure a trunk port on a switch?

3) How would you allow only certain VLANs to traverse a particular trunk?

4) Which routing protocol are you most comfortable with? How would you set that up on a router?

5) How would you list the contents of a directory from a linux command line? (Because I listed basic linux/unix skills)

That's all there was to it. I drew a blank on the command for question 3, but still got the job. It's hell not knowing what kind of questions you might get. That's always one of the most nerve racking parts of interviews for me.
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    AkiiiAkiii Member Posts: 80 ■■□□□□□□□□
    xenodamus wrote: »
    I just had a phone interview for a Jr. Network Engineer position that is Cisco focused and wanted to share the technical questions that I was thrown. I figure those hanging around this forum would be interested to know.

    1) Explain the difference between a collision domain and broadcast domain.

    2) How would you configure a trunk port on a switch?

    3) How would you allow only certain VLANs to traverse a particular trunk?

    4) Which routing protocol are you most comfortable with? How would you set that up on a router?

    5) How would you list the contents of a directory from a linux command line? (Because I listed basic linux/unix skills)

    That's all there was to it. I drew a blank on the command for question 3, but still got the job. It's hell not knowing what kind of questions you might get. That's always one of the most nerve racking parts of interviews for me.


    I think ccnp switch covers trunk allowed vlan list only, so you did really good, and congrats for the job!
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    stuh84stuh84 Member Posts: 503
    Akiii wrote: »
    I think ccnp switch covers trunk allowed vlan list only, so you did really good, and congrats for the job!

    That doesn't sound right, "switchport trunk allowed vlan" was in the CCNA I'm sure.
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    cisco_certscisco_certs Member Posts: 119
    all the questions can be answered with just CCNA besides qs 5.
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    IRONMONKUSIRONMONKUS Member Posts: 143 ■■■□□□□□□□
    Excellent! Thanks for posting these questions. It helps a lot to know that I'm actually learning something while studying for the CCNA.
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    AkiiiAkiii Member Posts: 80 ■■□□□□□□□□
    stuh84 wrote: »
    That doesn't sound right, "switchport trunk allowed vlan" was in the CCNA I'm sure.


    Then pardon me : o)
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    MD75028MD75028 Member Posts: 14 ■□□□□□□□□□
    Congrats
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    2URGSE2URGSE Member Posts: 220 ■■■□□□□□□□
    OP:


    3. SW1> enable
    SW1# configure terminal
    SW1(config)# int gi0/1
    SW1(config-int)# switchport mode trunk
    SW1(config-int0# switchport trunk allowed vlan add 2
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    Dakinggamer87Dakinggamer87 Member Posts: 4,016 ■■■■■■■■□□
    Congrats!! icon_thumright.gif
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    Chris:/*Chris:/* Member Posts: 658 ■■■■■■■■□□
    Yeah question 3 can be answered from CCNA studies. Congrats.
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    xenodamusxenodamus Member Posts: 758
    2URGSE wrote: »
    OP:


    3. SW1> enable
    SW1# configure terminal
    SW1(config)# int gi0/1
    SW1(config-int)# switchport mode trunk
    SW1(config-int0# switchport trunk allowed vlan add 2

    Yea, at the end of the interview I asked the guy what the command was for the one I blanked out on. :) I wanted him to know that when I don't know something, I make a point of finding out.
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    Chris:/*Chris:/* Member Posts: 658 ■■■■■■■■□□
    You can also use except to remove vlans.
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