Chances are your article is already out, but here are my 2 cents. Some years ago a few of us at HPTi put together descriptions of the most puzzling and difficult problems we had addressed and used them as interview questions "If X happens, what would you do?". We found them useful because there were multiple good answers, and we learned something about the candidate's technical knowledge and their approach to troubleshooting and customer relations from their responses.
I think hiring managers value knowledge too much and ability too little. A friend and I once interviewed the same person. He rejected her as inexperienced, I hired her. He hired a more experienced candidate. My employee was sharp, learned and ramped up quickly, and I could turn her loose on any problem. What she didn't know she found out. My friend was disappointed in his employee. In this field technology changes constantly. People who learn quickly and easily are worth their weight in gold, and while they may take a little longer to ramp up in a position outside their current knowledge base, in my experience they contribute more over time. -Pam _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lopsa.org http://lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
