Re: Some help for interviewing

["STeve Andre'" <andres_(_at_)_msu_(_dot_)_edu>]

On Monday 08 December 2003 11:38 pm, Geoff Sweet wrote:
> We use alot of OpenBSD for our DNS and Mail relays at work, and we are
> interviewing some candidates to come in for a System Admin type
> positions.  I was hoping I could call on the groups collective power and
> ask if there are any favorite interview questions (and their answers)
> that you like to ask with regards to OpenBSD or just BSD's in general.
>
> The person needs moderate to (maybe) advanced knowledge of day-to-day
> system administration, tune up, tweaking, and taking care of the
> system.  Responding to outages and faults... ya know.  Not that there is
> much of that with our OpenBSD stuff.
>
> Come on I know there are some good ones out there, Henning and Chuck
> strike me as people that enjoy making candidates squirm.  LOL
>
> Thanks for the input.
>
> Geoff

I think you've already answered the question.  You don't want to ask
OpenBSD questions, you want to ask system admin questions.  You
want to ask what they've done with OpenBSD, but really, what they
say about their philosophy of doing things is more important by far.
If you need to test them, why not hand over a blank machine and a
CD, and ask them to build a system...

--STeve Andre'