Screening Test/Interview Questions for Network Engineer (Remote) Position

Instructions: Please precede all your answers with the question you are answering.
Use acronyms only after you've explained them.
Use correct spelling and grammar.
Be sure to write your name and the interviewer’s name.

Candidate’s Name: Sojib Kanti Dash

Interviewer’s Name: Justin Walter

1. Are you currently employed ?

Answer: Not.

2. Will you be able to devote 30 to 40 hours of your time weekly for the company ?
Answer: Yes

3. What resources do you use to stay on top of innovations in the industry ?

Answer: Social media like LinkedIn and YouTube are playing a major role to keep updated
with modern trend and learn something new. However, various industry blogs, likewise
Cisco blogs, Juniper blogs are such kind of platform cover the latest technologies, best
practices, and industry news.

4. Have you coordinated with development teams and other stakeholders while deploying
network resources ?
Answer: I have coordinate with several stakeholders regarding requirements, design,
deployment and configuration as well support and maintenance.

5. What qualities does a Network Administrator most need to be successful ?

 Answer: As a Engineer in Networking domain, I personally believe that following key
qualities I have ;problem solving skills, analytical skills, communication and collaboration
skill, Troubleshoot skills, technical expertise regarding routing & Switching .

6. What safeguards do you put in a network design to limit data loss?

Answer: I always make the plan for preventing data loss. Following have been taken
majorly,

. Redundancy
. Network monitoring and logging
. Regular patching and updates
. Backup and disaster recovery

7. Do you have any side projects you’d like to mention ?

Answer: I wish if I had.

8. What’s your top software ?

Answer: I have been worked on Following Software,
Network monitoring and management: Solar Winds Network performance Monitor, PRTG
Network monitor, WhatsApp Gold, Infra.
Packet Analysis and Troubleshooting: Wireshark and tcpdump.

9. How do you meet tight deadlines ?

Answer: I used to meet the deadlines by following steps,
. Prioritize Tasks
. Break down the Work into smaller size
. Effective Communication with team members and clients regarding progression.
. Learn from my last documentation.

10. What is the largest size network you have engineered?

Answer: I have Deployed and configured a Enterprise network as well connected to other
sub Branches with WAN technology. Presumably, more than 200 devices were connected
on that time.

11. Tell us about your experience working remotely.

Answer :

12. How do you measure the success of design ?

13. How have you scaled networks to accommodate an organization’s changing needs ?

14. Tell us about yourself and your last job

15. What does a successful project look like ?

16. How long would you expect to work for us if hired and how much will you request per hour if
you are hired ?

17. Maintaining computer networks including mainframes, VPNs, routers and other physical
hardware
 Installing and configuring network equipment
Creating firewalls and updating virus protection software and data security systems to keep
data and communications protected
Monitoring computer systems to improve network performance for all systems
Troubleshooting, resolving, and communicating networking issues to other employees and
management
Implementing disaster recovery procedures
Maintaining current knowledge and understanding of security and networking best practices
to offer the best solutions and protection to company systems

Can you handle all of these duties effectively?