From: theune@access4.xxxxx.net (Peter Theune)
Subject: Re: How to Hire A Sysadmin
Date: 31 May 1995 22:56:01 -0400
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mbent@xxxxxx.com (Mark Bentkower) writes:
>I received this from a friend and thought I would pass it on to
>all of you wonderful folks....
>------
>I was on the interviewer side of a job interview for the first time a
>few days ago, and in preparation I asked many people for help and
>advice. I received a set of sample questions from a best friend in a
>previous life.
>
>All credit or blame for the following truly belong to Brian R. Smith
>(brsmith@cs.umn.edu).
>
> "How do you work in a team situation when all the other team
> members are fools and idiots?"
>
> "How well do you program under the influence of hard drugs?"
>
> "Have you ever beaten or killed a user?"
>
> "Give me a rough estimate of the maximum dollar amount that you've
> stolen from each of your previous employers."
>
> "Do you object to bullwhips in the workplace?"
>
> "Emacs or vi?"
>
> "You have a large network of Suns being used by secretaries for word
> processing in FrameMaker. Which GNU packages would you install for
> your own entertainment, and how would you justify them later?"
>
> "You see a wounded puppy bleeding and whimpering on the side of the
> road while you're running to work to fix a downed computer that tens
> of users are waiting for. Do you let the puppy die?" "Why not?"
>
> "How much of your workday would you waste by reading news?"
>
> "Recite the GNU Manifesto."
>
> "How many clients (30% diskless, 60% dataless, 10% /var/spool/mail
> only) can a Sun 600MP server serve simultaneously, and what relation
> does this have to angels and pinheads?"
>
>---
>Mark "Irwin" Bentkower / The views expressed herein are
>Taos Mountain Software / mine alone and do not represent
>Systems/Network Admin. / Taos Mountain software or their
>mbent@xxxx.com / clients.
This is a major keeper......
Sorry about quoting the whole article, but someone might miss it....
Peter
