Senior Network Engineer Interview Questions

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Tell us about your job at XYZ (they want this short and sweet and to the point) Routing questions What is the difference between eBGP and iBGP? What do you know about EIGRP? What do you know about OSPF? What do you know about IS-IS? Nexus Questions What is the difference between a 5k, 7k, 9k? What does a vPC do? How do you configure a vPC? How to enable and configure COS / DSCP for voice? How do you enable jumbo frames? What do you know about Fabric Paths? What is does a VxLAN do? What do you know about a vPC Split Brain? F5 Questions How do you check the CPU within the CLI? How do you check the CPU within the Gui? How would you run a packet capture from the CLI? How do you configure a Keep Alive for a VIP?
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Senior Network Engineer

Interviewed at Atos

3.5
Mar 3, 2020

Tell us about your job at XYZ (they want this short and sweet and to the point) Routing questions What is the difference between eBGP and iBGP? What do you know about EIGRP? What do you know about OSPF? What do you know about IS-IS? Nexus Questions What is the difference between a 5k, 7k, 9k? What does a vPC do? How do you configure a vPC? How to enable and configure COS / DSCP for voice? How do you enable jumbo frames? What do you know about Fabric Paths? What is does a VxLAN do? What do you know about a vPC Split Brain? F5 Questions How do you check the CPU within the CLI? How do you check the CPU within the Gui? How would you run a packet capture from the CLI? How do you configure a Keep Alive for a VIP?

1) I felt tough was with 6th round with program manager, asking all sort of behavior Qs, what motivates you, what de-motivates you, water fall model, why do you think you are suitable for this job as I was from a startup with less than 5 yrs of experience, work load handle sitautions, etc 2) 7th round with directors asking about troubleshot skills, technical grounding,
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Senior Network Engineer

Interviewed at Microsoft

4
Dec 26, 2014

1) I felt tough was with 6th round with program manager, asking all sort of behavior Qs, what motivates you, what de-motivates you, water fall model, why do you think you are suitable for this job as I was from a startup with less than 5 yrs of experience, work load handle sitautions, etc 2) 7th round with directors asking about troubleshot skills, technical grounding,

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