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> -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of [email protected] > Sent: Monday, November 10, 2003 6:03 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: This may be stupid but.. > > > <snip> > When I interview, I start out by asking one or two key > questions that help me quickly get to the truth. For instance > at one company, when I has hiring NOC folks, I started by > asking them to explain traceroute > to me. The answer that I wanted was one which showed that they had > a detailed understanding of what was going on at the protocol > level as the packets flowed through the network because that > view of the network is needed to effectively troubleshoot > problems. It did lead to one awkward situation with a 16 > year-old who immediately started talking about ICMP echos > with varying TTL and routers sending back ICMP echo-replies. > I wanted to end the interview and hire him on the spot but it > seemed unfair to give this young guy the idea that job > interviews are that short. Especially since not all traceroutes use ICMP and the reply from the routers is typically NOT ICMP echo-reply. :-) <snip> > > --Michael Dillon > -Wayne Gustavus
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