Re: a question regarding resumes

[jurgen@botz.org]

Fyodor Yarochkin <fygrave@freenet.bishkek.su> wrote:
> > "Does NFS use TCP or UDP?" and "What does the -v option to grep do?" to
> > name two favorite questions of acquaintances. 
> > 
> hmm.. wondering if knowlege of such things as "-v option of grep" or
>  "-bd option of sendmail" count here? You always have man to have a look, 
> we have such questions on exams in my Uni, but i would be surprised if 
> Interviewer would ask such ...

Well, I was recently interviewing, and I was asked some such questions.
I think they're legit questions... if someone says they've been a Unix
power-user for 10 years and they don't know what 'grep -v' does, then
something is wrong.  Similarly, if they claim to be 'expert' at sendmail
configuration and management they should certainly know the more important
sendmail options off the top of their head.  On the other hand if I'm asked
a bunch such questions and I don't know the answers to a few of them I'm
not going to panic... ;-)

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Jurgen Botz
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