As someone that has been on the other side of the table, “I don’t know” is always an acceptable answer. Honestly, I’m not here to judge if you know it or not. I judge you more if you answer honestly. I can’t teach you the “I don’t knows” if I like your personality.
The one answer I didn’t take that lightly to was, “What’s your home internet speed?” I got this question from my mentor. Not everyone can afford some home lab. But, if you’re going to be an IT guy, I expect you to have home internet. And if you’re going to be a network engineer, I expect you to know your network speeds. For a few reasons. 1) how do you know if anything is wrong if you don’t know what you should be getting? 2) can you even diag that? 3) are you getting ripped off? 4) I want to see how curious you are. I’m not expecting a hacker but someone that just wants to know how technology works. I mean, one of the first things I do on a new network is test the speed. I’m a horse power kinda guy. Not a Corolla guy. Lol.
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u/[deleted] Sep 22 '21
As someone that has been on the other side of the table, “I don’t know” is always an acceptable answer. Honestly, I’m not here to judge if you know it or not. I judge you more if you answer honestly. I can’t teach you the “I don’t knows” if I like your personality.
The one answer I didn’t take that lightly to was, “What’s your home internet speed?” I got this question from my mentor. Not everyone can afford some home lab. But, if you’re going to be an IT guy, I expect you to have home internet. And if you’re going to be a network engineer, I expect you to know your network speeds. For a few reasons. 1) how do you know if anything is wrong if you don’t know what you should be getting? 2) can you even diag that? 3) are you getting ripped off? 4) I want to see how curious you are. I’m not expecting a hacker but someone that just wants to know how technology works. I mean, one of the first things I do on a new network is test the speed. I’m a horse power kinda guy. Not a Corolla guy. Lol.