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How to Prepare for NETWORK ENGINEER

INTERVIEW QUESTIONS
by Shabeer ibm

How to Prepare for NETWORK ENGINEER INTERVIEW QUESTIONS

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Are you thinking about getting a job as a Network Engineer? Are you considering
leaving your present position and getting a new job at a new company? Has it
been a while since you've interviewed? If you've answered yes to any of these
questions then this is the post for you!
TIPS FOR PREPARING FOR THE INTERVIEW
Study - Before you go to you Interview, open the books up and give yourself a
general review of networking.
Update your Resume - Read your resume and update it. Please prepare your
Resume yourself. don't copy from any others. You must know your strengths and
weakness very well.
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Watch out for Social Networks - Many employers are getting very smart and will
search on your name. Be sure if they find your facebook or twitter page there
isn't anything there that you wouldn't want them to see.
Google yourself - Search for yourself on Google and see what you find. You
would be amazed an what might pop up. Make sure nothing derogatory shows up.
Get Certified - One of the best things to do to prove you know what your talking
about is a certification. This gives a new employer an easy way to understand
your knowledge level.
Update LinkedIn Profile :Update your LinkedIn profile at the same time you
updating your resume.Make sure your resume and LinkedIn profile shows same
clients and duration for all projects you have done.

Dont Copy paste Resume : Please make sure you know every thing mentioned in
your CV.
Preparing for NETWORK ENGINEER INTERVIEW QUESTIONS
Make sure you have enough knowledge in below categories. For more explanation
click on the links
IP Addressing- Make sure you know subnetting (without a subnet
calculator!).
Memorize administrative distances of all routing protocols.
Review the simple stuff, like 3way handshakes in tcp, setting up hrsp, ip
helpers, and vlans.
Review Spanning Tree - Know what a root bridge is, know what VTP does
Review VLANs and be able to explain what a vlan is.
Have a detail idea about Dynamic protocols like OSPF and EIGRP and BGP
General Concepts of Networking
Passive Interfaces for RIP,EIGRP and OSPF
Cisco Three layer Hierarchical model
Cisco Discovery protocol (CDP)

OSPF
Describe OSPF,Different types of routers in OSPF,DR/BDR election
How OSPF establishes neighbor relation
DR /BDR Election
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OSPF Network Types

OSPF LSA and Area types
OSPF Authentication
Multicast address of OSPF in IPv4 n IPV6
If OSPF router is stucked in each stage what the problem is and how to
troubleshoot it
EIGRP
EIGRP notes with interview questions
Explain EIGRP summarization
Explain EIGRP Authentication
Explain EIGRP stub types
Explain EIGRP Passive interface
Eigrp unicast neighbor
What is "Stuck in Active"
What is graceful shutdown and restart
STP
What is STP and how it works
STP interface States
What is BPDU

ACLs
What is access list.Explain difference between named and numbered access
list
Write an example if you want to allow and to deny
List of Well-known port numbers
QOS
What is that
What is the diff b/w L2 and L3 QoS
How it works
Network:
OSI Model
Draw the typical network diagram you have to deal with,explain how it
works and What part of it you are responsible
firewall, what is that, how it works, how it is diff from ACLs
What problems with the network you had had and how you solved it.
What are the ways to troubleshoot the network, techniques, commands
network security, ways to achieve it
Wireless networks
Switching:
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Vlan
VLANs and InterVLans
VTP and Different modes
Difference between End-to-end VLANs and Local VLANs
Troubleshooting VLAN Problems
What is QinQ ( 802.1Q tunneling ) ?
Private VLAN
What is Mult VLAN port
Static and dynamic VlAN
Vlan Interview Q&A
How a L2 switch works with broadcast, unicast, multicast, known/unknown
traffic
HSRP
VRRP
GLBP
Protected ports
What is MAC flooding attack
What is DAI
What is VLAN Hopping
What is Cisco IP SLA
What is UDLD
What is DTP
Take some online test from here : http://smarterer.com/tests/ccna and
http://smarterer.com/tests/cisco
Put yourself in their shoes, what will they need from you? Review the job
description and target those things specific to the job your interviewing for .. Good
Luck!

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19 Comments:
Vivek Tiwari
June 3, 2013 at 5:15 PM

Hello Shabeer,
This is very nice but I want to add that there is a "VERY HUGE" non-technical part of
the interview that we engineers tend to pay less attention to.
Things like
1. body language (how do you present yourself, how you shake hands with a female
or a male interviewer etc)
2. How you dress up for the interview (here in US you need to dress different for a
CCNA position if you are interviewing in Silicon valley or Wall Street)
3. How to deal with stress situations in an interview?
4. Answering questions like what are your strengths and weaknesses.
5. Highlighting your achievements without making them look like stories.
6. Follow up after the interview.
And so on.
There are so many things in here that I cant list them all but I along with my coauthors are in the process of finishing a book on this.
If a company is going to let your hands on to their million or multimillion dollar
network then they want to make sure that you will be a team player and follow
procedure and are ready to do more than expected.
Vivek
2doubleccies.com
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Robson Simoes
June 3, 2013 at 5:16 PM

These are excellent tips!! I found it very useful. Great contribution

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Carlos Rodriguez Vargas-Machuca

June 3, 2013 at 5:17 PM

Thank you really useful

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Spelluck
July 8, 2013 at 10:16 AM

I do interviews for my company on occasion. Almost everything mentioned from this

link is accurate. I ask and expect answers on 90% of the things listed from this during
the technical interview process (which is where I'm brought in, as I'm an engineer
and my Manager asked me to do the technical interview).
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FriendlyDespot
July 8, 2013 at 11:45 AM

Most of this is standard fare, but the questions about administrative distances and
PDU destination addresses are a little absurd. When I'm asked more than just one or
two generic trivia questions in an interview, I start questioning the employer.
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Stunod7
July 8, 2013 at 6:50 PM

@ FriendlyDespot
I wouldn't call it a direct red flag. Put yourself in their shoes. They could have hired
someone who was able to hit two general questions then been promptly burned by
him after they put him in front of live gear. Or they want to make sure you already
have a very very good working knowledge of BGP. I mean, sure the job posting said
"Good understanding of implementing and maintaining of BGP." but how can they
really determine that if you're just answering a few generic questions?
Now, if you're applying for a NE spot and they're asking you desktop support or group
policy questions... Okay, maybe that's a flag.
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SHANIL T.U
July 17, 2013 at 10:40 AM

thanks for give more valuable inform

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Phil Morris
August 15, 2013 at 11:52 PM

could u advise me on how to start the career on network, i'm graduating as a

telecommunication engineer next month.
Which exam do i start with, i learnt we have CCNA, CCNA SP, CCNA SPO CCNA security
etc.??????????
Pls, your immediate response will be appreciated.
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Shabeer Ibm
August 15, 2013 at 11:57 PM

Hope this link will helps you http://www.ciscopress.com/articles/article.asp?

p=2036575
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For any higher cisco certifications CCNA is the base.You can only certify CCNA
(Security or voice) or CCNP (any) after getting CCNA
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Richard Odei-Gyamfi
August 15, 2013 at 11:55 PM

I came here from Linkedin.Good work

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Edward Zambrano
August 21, 2013 at 11:53 PM

Today I presented my icdn2 test and pass, thanks to people like you that post amazing
notes about the cisco world.
I just wanted to say thank you, you are awesome.
also I wanted to ask you, do you think the ccna data center is worth it?, I think Im
going for that one before moving to ccnp in r&s
Thanks for your help!
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Shabeer Ibm
August 21, 2013 at 11:55 PM

Congrats for your success.I heard having data center experience is good for
getting job.
After CCNA i directly attended CCNP R&S course.Completed CCNP switching
exam and now preparing for CCNP Routing.
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Anonymous
August 27, 2013 at 10:51 AM

Nice Post.
If you have a CCNA, I'll expect you to know the following:
Tell me about the OSI model. Describe what would happen to a packet starting at
layer 7, working its way down the stack and back up again on the opposite side.
How does DHCP work, or if you're unsure of that, describe to me the difference
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between TCP and UDP. What protocol does a ping fall into? How does TCP windowing
work? Why have a windowing mechanism? Which does voice and video fit into?
Why?
My customer wants to know which routing protocol they should implement. Tell me
your favorite and compare it to another routing protocol. Where would either fit into
a network that you designed? Does one have a place at all?
How many bits in an IPv6 address? How does IPv6 compare to IPv4? Why are we
running out of addresses in the IPv4 space? Do you think that will ever happen in the
IPv6 space? Why aren't we moving to using IPv6 more often?
How does an access list work? Why is there an implicit deny at the end of one when I
look at some devices?
How do you work with multiple projects on your plate at once? If you have a project
manager navigating those projects for you, how do you best utilize that person to help
you make progress in an efficient manner.
Tell me about your customer service background, how do you go above and beyond
what any other engineer could do for me?
How do you handle a contract and out of scope projects? Do you think we should give
the customer more than what they pay for?
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Pravin Sridhur
October 3, 2013 at 4:56 PM

Shabeer, excellent job mate. For having worked in this industry for quite long, I've
stumbled upon some of these basic questions and have lost my way ... silly but its true
especially after you've been in a job for more than 5 years without having to brush up
on those basics. Every things counts in interview I appreciate that now. Good luck to
all.
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December 16, 2013 at 2:51 PM

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Readersspace
March 28, 2014 at 3:38 PM

The list you mentioned is very helpful and common in used in every interview.Thanks
for share this important blog.
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Delish Thomas
April 23, 2014 at 10:05 PM

Good work mate...Keep it up..:)

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ANSUMAN MISHRA
June 1, 2014 at 12:11 AM

yes its useful for us...............

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Anonymous
August 26, 2014 at 3:12 PM

its very helpful for all...thnx for sharing this....great work....

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