Data Center Operations Technician Interview Questions

59 data center operations technician interview questions shared by candidates

Technical issues involving hardware, networking and software. Difference between TCP / UDP, Network topology, solving a video problem between software + hardware configurations, difference between HDD / SDD among several issues and more behavioral questions based on principles of Amazon.
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Data Center Operations Technician

Interviewed at Amazon

3.5
May 18, 2021

Technical issues involving hardware, networking and software. Difference between TCP / UDP, Network topology, solving a video problem between software + hardware configurations, difference between HDD / SDD among several issues and more behavioral questions based on principles of Amazon.

Hard to remember the questions but there was a mixture of STARs question as well as some basic technical questions. There are numerous examples of STAR questions out there, research some of them and apply the leadership principles to your situation. If you can explain some basic technical questions like explain DHCP, DNS, how to rebuild a server or why would a server boot to USB key, then you'll get the technical questions easily.
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Data Center Operations Technician

Interviewed at Amazon Web Services

3.6
Jan 15, 2023

Hard to remember the questions but there was a mixture of STARs question as well as some basic technical questions. There are numerous examples of STAR questions out there, research some of them and apply the leadership principles to your situation. If you can explain some basic technical questions like explain DHCP, DNS, how to rebuild a server or why would a server boot to USB key, then you'll get the technical questions easily.

Electrical Describe type of circuit breakers Describe type of transformers Describe power triangle Describe apperant true reactive power How would you act if you were told to remove a motor ? Mechanical How to calculate heat power of any device How does chiller work How refrigerant system work What are the reason of high pressure on chiller ? What would you do if humidity is high ? What is CRAC ,CRAH ? Principle Leadership Tell me about a time when you made a hard decision to sacrifice short term gain for something that would create long term value for the business. What was the outcome? Knowing what you know now, would you have done anything differently? Describe a time when you had to transition a project you owned to a new owner. What steps did you take to make sure the transition went smoothly? Tell me about a time that you chose to get involved in a project that you had already transitioned to somebody else. What was the situation? Why was it important to get involved? Describe a time when you had to transition a project you owned to a new owner. What steps did you take to make sure the transition went smoothly? Tell me about a situation that required you to dig deep to get to the root cause. How did you know you were focusing on the right things? What was the outcome? Would you have done anything differently? Safety What does safe workplace mean ? What are the PPEs? Do you have to put on all PPE? How would you act if there is hazardous issue ?
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Data Center Operations Technician

Interviewed at Amazon

3.5
Jan 17, 2024

Electrical Describe type of circuit breakers Describe type of transformers Describe power triangle Describe apperant true reactive power How would you act if you were told to remove a motor ? Mechanical How to calculate heat power of any device How does chiller work How refrigerant system work What are the reason of high pressure on chiller ? What would you do if humidity is high ? What is CRAC ,CRAH ? Principle Leadership Tell me about a time when you made a hard decision to sacrifice short term gain for something that would create long term value for the business. What was the outcome? Knowing what you know now, would you have done anything differently? Describe a time when you had to transition a project you owned to a new owner. What steps did you take to make sure the transition went smoothly? Tell me about a time that you chose to get involved in a project that you had already transitioned to somebody else. What was the situation? Why was it important to get involved? Describe a time when you had to transition a project you owned to a new owner. What steps did you take to make sure the transition went smoothly? Tell me about a situation that required you to dig deep to get to the root cause. How did you know you were focusing on the right things? What was the outcome? Would you have done anything differently? Safety What does safe workplace mean ? What are the PPEs? Do you have to put on all PPE? How would you act if there is hazardous issue ?

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