[154687] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: job screening question
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mattias Ahnberg)
Sun Jul 8 10:46:51 2012
Date: Sun, 08 Jul 2012 16:46:03 +0200
From: Mattias Ahnberg <mattias@ahnberg.pp.se>
To: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <CAAAwwbXNe7prmpR0XdCrmgV+NcLA5A8qPN5gOOs9Noa5_tReoQ@mail.gmail.com>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On 2012-07-08 00:58, Jimmy Hess wrote:
> "What's the problem with using 255.255.255.247 as a subnet mask if you
> want to make a LAN subnet with 12 hosts?"
> (5 word answer)
I don't much appreciate these types of questions where you expect an exact
answer based on your own phrasing/ideas. If running through a form with
questions like this, leave space for open-ended answers to give the person
a chance to phrase and explain in his own ways.
Don't let the final "pass" or "no pass" fall to a HR person who can't fully
appreciate or know the details and see the actual clue in an unexpected
answer. You might lose a lot of really good candidates by being too harsh on
that.
Its benefical to build a team of clued people with the right personality,
interest and mentality to what they do rather than seek people who has
taught themselves how to answer certification tests in a way they know
the creator of the test expects them. :)
Hire for attitude, train for skill!
--
/ahnberg.
