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A collection of sysadmin test questions and answers for interviews/exams

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Re: A collection of sysadmin test questions and answers for interviews/exams

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this is some of the most poorly written english i've seen.. and, more importantly, the questions are not 100% Seems like a 3rd world sysadmin created this.

Assuming you're a master of the English language, can you clarify what "the questions are not 100%" is supposed to mean? Also I think you made a number of mistakes yourself.

Re: A collection of sysadmin test questions and answers for interviews/exams

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Nice try, but ... Many of the questions in the Regular and Senior categories I would put into Junior. It's not clear to me who the audience is for this. It's not comprehensive enough for a test-giver, test-taker or self-studier. Having it be a single MarkDown document makes it hard to munge. I would guess that there is a better vefsion already written elsewhere.

Re: A collection of sysadmin test questions and answers for interviews/exams

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post #11
post #9

this is some of the most poorly written english i've seen.. and, more importantly, the questions are not 100% Seems like a 3rd world sysadmin created this.

Assuming you're a master of the English language, can you clarify what "the questions are not 100%" is supposed to mean? Also I think you made a number of mistakes yourself.

The answers to the questions are not 100% accurate is what I should have said.

Re: A collection of sysadmin test questions and answers for interviews/exams

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I haven't seen mention of the fork bomb in a long time. I'm impressed that it was included here; gives me hope for the next batch of sysadmins.

why would this "give you hope for the next batch of sysadmins"? Most sysadmins/SRE's i have met (especially on *nix), are very capable in their craft.

I don't agree with there being "a next batch of sysadmins" because the layers are so abstracted now. I have still seen systems that don't protect against fork bombs. I love taking advantage of it.

Re: A collection of sysadmin test questions and answers for interviews/exams

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"what happens when you type api.example.com and press enter?" This has been one of my interview questions for years. Take a minute to speak your answer aloud. Do it now, I'll wait. It requires walking through several layers and subsystems. Really a great question for exposing how the candidate models a complex system. The best part, as an interviewer, is seeing how deep the candidate goes down the potentially infinit…

A former boss of mine was like that. It's fascinating to hear him speak.

Re: A collection of sysadmin test questions and answers for interviews/exams

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"what happens when you type api.example.com and press enter?" This has been one of my interview questions for years. Take a minute to speak your answer aloud. Do it now, I'll wait. It requires walking through several layers and subsystems. Really a great question for exposing how the candidate models a complex system. The best part, as an interviewer, is seeing how deep the candidate goes down the potentially infinit…

Holy shit. The most detail I know is the calculation of IPaddr from physical address.

Re: A collection of sysadmin test questions and answers for interviews/exams

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"what happens when you type api.example.com and press enter?" This has been one of my interview questions for years. Take a minute to speak your answer aloud. Do it now, I'll wait. It requires walking through several layers and subsystems. Really a great question for exposing how the candidate models a complex system. The best part, as an interviewer, is seeing how deep the candidate goes down the potentially infinit…

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Re: A collection of sysadmin test questions and answers for interviews/exams

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"what happens when you type api.example.com and press enter?" This has been one of my interview questions for years. Take a minute to speak your answer aloud. Do it now, I'll wait. It requires walking through several layers and subsystems. Really a great question for exposing how the candidate models a complex system. The best part, as an interviewer, is seeing how deep the candidate goes down the potentially infinit…

>"what happens when you type api.example.com and press enter?"

That's easy.

Bash checks all the directories as listed in my $PATH, doesn't find it and then prints "api.example.com: command not found" on the screen.

If you want me to tell you how a bluetooth keyboard works you're going to need to pay more than a sysadmin's salary.

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