Job interview for Network Analyst - I'm not qualified

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In my experience, the first interview is just making sure you have some sense in you and you are screened by a HR person that has no technical background. Let us know how the 2nd interview goes.
 
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Macallik86 said:
In my experience, the first interview is just making sure you have some sense in you and you are screened by a HR person that has no technical background. Let us know how the 2nd interview goes.
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They may ask some technical questions but they shouldn't be difficult at all. It's just a script they would be reading off of. But yea, they're trying to make sure you have a brain and are worth talking to a hiring manager. There may be some behavioural questions and some questions about your resume. These are usually very basic, softball questions you should be able to answer. There are videos online on what to expect from the phone screening and how to prepare. This is also where you can ask questions (make sure you have a couple) and where you should ask about salary. Be prepared, OP.
 
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I realized I got one thing wrong when trying to show off

I said 2 4 8 16 32 64 128 256

When it's really 1 2 4 8 16 32 64 128:bryan:

I have another interview for a network position on thursday
 
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Mindfield333 said:
Don’t most jobs train you to a degree tho?
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Depends on where you are. I did Qa Testing at a gaming company years ago and they gave me no training after being with them for 2 years. That made it basically impossible for me to move somewhere else that expected me to know how to do certain things. I was good enough to do the job there but not good enough to move elsewhere. After that I moved into IT and noticed far more responses in terms of interviews due to the training I received in under a year.
 
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Black Trash! said:
Got it
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I guess you felt all that doubt for nothing.

:youngsabo:

Now having said that, if this is a managed service provider you will be overwhelmed on day one. That's completely normal for that type of environment. You just have to work through it and the tools and techniques will start to make a lot of sense.

If they're honest, EVERYBODY at the company knows how difficult the job. And no one expects you to know everything. Just make sure you're actually working to improve.
 
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Mindfield333 said:
Don’t most jobs train you to a degree tho?
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Most of my jobs provided "training" by having you shadowing aka looking over people's shoulders and asking questions. It's kind of awkward because you're trying to learn without getting in the way of them working. I just took notes and developed my a style that worked for me.

A lot of vendors also offer courses so that companies can "enroll" their employees in online training to use their products like Connectwise University, which is tedious as hell.

Now if a company uses some custom applications, they more than likely will offer some kind of training. There's just no way you would know how to use those applications. I worked for a vendor before and most of their tools were internally developed and managed. They had no choice but to train you.
 
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