I had an interview today..a telephone one with a company in hemel hempstead, the interview was with 3 guys on the phone, I was pretty nervous because the position would of been great for me!
the interview went down like this..
3 guys incl the leader, 2 of which who ask questions
1st guy asked me voice questions, I told them I have no experience in voice..just the basic dial peers, codecs and QoS stuff for voice which I learnt in CCNP’s ONT course material.
they must of asked me about 5-7 questions on voice which really annoyed me because it made me nervous as I was unable to answer most of them ..which I think destroyed me for the rest of the interview..because I was uneasy.
The next guy came on and asked me routing, switching, frame-relay and mpls questions
the routing stuff went the best.. he went through OSPF,EIGRP and BGP … BGP being my favourite I aced it..one question he asked me was on bgp synchronization..which I answered straight away ..he was pretty shocked and said it was the 1st time anyone had ever got that right in an interview with them before…which I silly because Its one of the 1st concepts you learn in BGP ?!?!
the rest of the routing stuff went ok..but I messed up on frame-relay and mpls..being so rusty in those departments..since my last job did not require anything to do with them..and funny enough..when I think about it ..I can answer all the questions he asked..but the nerves got the better of me because of the voice stuff!!!
The switching stuff funny enough..I messed up ….but I know all the answers to them?!?! …really annoying.. overall it was a good learning experience..I have never had such a indepth phone interview before.. I think next time around with who ever interviews me I will be ready for their questions as I have an Idea now of the CCNP level of questions that are asked. They also said if the job was just for a routing position I would have it.. BUT its not……………………………..
And on a side note ..the company made me phone them..and it cost me 11 pounds ..11 POUNDS!!!!!!!!!!!! ..thats a fortune and I’m unemployed…that is not very cool of them.. I found it to be uncourteous of them.
Im pretty sure the agency I dealt with will never deal with me again ..from my experience..they will get you one interview and if you are unsuccesful they close the doors on you! with anything for the future..
-SIGH-
