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| Thread ID: 85009 | 2007-11-26 13:48:00 | Help with my Interview questions | borax (7078) | Press F1 |
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| 615396 | 2007-11-26 13:48:00 | OK, I've just had an interview for an IT support job and got baffled by a few questions, wonder if anyone could shed any light on these???: What are the client environments in XP Pro? What are the Basic security permissions in NTFS? What are the Outlook clients (not outlook express)? How could you allow a 3rd person access to your e-mail account and only allow them access to your new e-mails as some of the old ones were confidential? thanks for your help, i've tried googleing but im still confused TIA:confused: |
borax (7078) | ||
| 615397 | 2007-11-26 19:38:00 | Lesson Number 1. Part of being IT support is to look up any problems you may have ( and there are plenty) - the Internet is a huge place with many resources. Sometimes you simply have to search google as you did, other times Microsoft or the product software you are having problems with. Sometimes its simply how you word searches will depend on different results. I'm not going to answer your actual questions - as they are all available on the net and I found them in about 20 minutes - some take a bit of reading to get the whole picture but they are there. Heres an example: You asked "What are the Basic security permissions in NTFS?" Change the search to what are the NTFS security permissions The very first result gives a good article Hint: the 3rd or 4th page in on that article has the basic permissions. Awhhhh What the hell :p Heres that chart (www.pcguide.com) THEN go to the next page in the article and it goes more indepth. What you need to do is read articles and put it in your own words, that way you learn how to describe it in a way you could under stand. If some one gives you an answer and then you go for an interview and several people give the exact same wording to a question - well you get the idea. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 615398 | 2007-11-26 23:51:00 | Good answer Wainuitech. If you don't search for yourself you will never learn. | winmacguy (3367) | ||
| 615399 | 2007-11-27 10:33:00 | Thanks for that, i have spent quite a while looking into these questions and i am still baffled by these two: Any more hints? OK, What are the client environments in XP Pro? How could you allow a 3rd person access to your e-mail account and only allow them access to your new e-mails as some of the old ones were confidential? TIA:confused: |
borax (7078) | ||
| 615400 | 2007-11-27 19:45:00 | Lesson Number 2 -:D Go back and reread lesson number 1 (sorry could resist that) Serious though, exactly as mentioned in the first answer. I'll Explain - Usually the questions in an interview are designed in such a way that there can be lots of different answers - and all correct, not simple like whats 1+1 answer 2. They are designed to usually test your general knowledge and to encourage the person to ask questions to obtain the answer they are looking for. The question "What are the client environments in XP Pro" - how long an answer do you want - a simple 1 sentence or a whole book? How in depth do you need to go? These are the types of questions you need to ask back (more politly of course) Often even though the answer may seem huge, all you may need to do is ask a question to the people doing the interview - and that can clear up in your own mind what they are actually after - Part of being IT Support is a Mind reader sometimes :p - it all depends how formal the interview is. I rememebr one interview I went to before I started my own business - it was lunch in McDonalds - the guy asked general questions over a Big Mac - I asked back- started working for him the following day (mind you I did pay for lunch) Like I mentioned in the first reply - Sometimes its simply how you word searches will depend on different results. The question has already been asked so we know what the basics are - rearrange the wording and search Google / Micrsoft etc. Back to the first unsure question: Client Environments ? Go to Google type in what is a client environment The results bring up several answers - Hint: One possible answer is in the results Here (www.opfro.org) But as you will see it can be expanded out to how ever detailed you want - and then you put it in your own words. The Email Question - I'll get back to that - Got an appointment with a customer. |
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| 615401 | 2007-11-28 01:11:00 | Multiple possibilities, one includes archival... | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
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