Windows and Active Directory
- How do you qualify your Active Directory administration experience (Domain migrations? GPO? Management of the structure, of the users?)
- What is the name of the tool used to create the accounts in Active Directory?
- What is the difference between a security group and a distribution group?
- And between a universal and global group? What is referred to when speaking about the abbreviation “AGDLP” or “AGUDLP”?
- A Windows 2008 R2 server restarts in Infinite loop. What is your approach to diagnosing the problem?
Linux
- What is the latest major Linux project that you have completed?
- What is the Linux command to display free/used memory on Linux? Does free memory really exist on Linux?
- What happens if we do “TAB TAB” at the Linux prompt?
- What happens if we add “& disown” After a Linux command?
- I lost my root password, what can I do?
- How to do a search in VI?
- What is LVM for Linux?
Security
- How do you qualify your experience in configuring Firewall (“Firewall”)? (What brands/models?)
- Generally, how do you secure a Windows server? What is C2 certification? (Trusted Computer System Evaluation Criteria / Orange book)
- You are being asked to help secure a corporate subnet. The goal is to isolate some computers from others in order to maintain the confidentiality of artistic materials. How do you think we should proceed?
- In the previous scenario, what role can a network switch of Layer 3 type provide? Contrast against a layer 2 switch
- What is a tunnel and how to bypass an HTTP proxy?
- What is an IPS system? What is the difference with an IDS system?
- What is the purpose of a SIEM system?
- How does a layer 7 firewall differ from a conventional firewall?
Networking
- How do you qualify your network administration skill?
- (Your specialty? Experience with ACL, Routage, NAT, VPN, VLAN?)
- Did you have to manage DNS regularly?
- Do you have extensive experience with site to site VPN techs?
- (if yes, in which contexts and with which technologies)
- What is 802.1q?
- How many addresses can be used in a network with a mask 16 bits?
- Tell us about the following protocols: LDAP, IMAP, MAPI, SMTP, RADIUS, BGP
- What technologies or methods are used to reduce (or eliminate) « broadcast storms »?
- What ways can we increase bandwidth Network of a server? (Detail technologies and concepts)
- Name some interesting customizable technologies found on a “manageable switch”
- What is the purpose of address 255.255.255.255?
- Tell us about the content of a DNS table and how it is used
- How could you extend a network between two sites to share a Network Level 2 DCI? (MPLS, VPLS, A-VPLS, Cisco OTV, HP EVI, EVPN)
- Other than the MTU, what Other TCP settings could we modify to have smaller packets? (« Maximum Segment Size »)
VMWare
- What types of “port groups” exist on ESXi?
- What are the types of “load Balancing” available on “vSwitches”? (“Originating port ID”, “MAC hash”, “IP hash”)
- What is the purpose of Path selection Policies for storage on VMWare?
- What is the difference between a “.vmdk” and “.vmdk-flat” file?
- What is a “vApp”?
- What is VMWare DRS?
- How does a “snapshot” work on VMWare? Is it different on a VVOL?
Storage
- What are the RAID levels you know?
- What are the differences between Fibre Channel and ISCSI?
- What is a “LUN”?
- What are the differences between DAS and SAN?
Office 365 / Office Servers
- What is the difference between E1 and E3 plans?
- What is the use of the permission “Send As”? How does it differ from “Send on Behalf”?
- What are the different ways to integrate authentication on Office 365 with Active Directory? (Synchro or Federation)
- What is the attribute that allows you to manage a user's destination email address? How does it differ from “ProxyAddresses”?
- What is a “Document Library” In SharePoint?
- What is the taxonomy in SharePoint for?
- What is a “Master Page” in SharePoint?
- What is a Package Solution?
- What is a SIP trunk?
- What are the important roles in Skype for Business server? (mediation, edge, director, persistent chat)
Scripting
- Could you write a PowerShell script to add a value to the extended fields in Active Directory from a CSV file?
- What is your favorite development environment (OS, editor, tools, etc.)?
- What is abstraction?
- How would you do a “ping” on a machine with PowerShell?
- If I run the command “Get-Service-Name “bits” | Start-Process”, what will happen?
- What is the difference in PowerShell between a normal function and an advanced function?
- What is usually the first line in a shell script on Linux?
- What are “regular expressions”?
- What is the use of the caret (^) in “regex”?
Backups
- Have you ever been responsible for backups in your work experience?
- (If so, briefly explain your backup and restore methodologies, as well as the associated tools used?)
- Name the different conventional backup techniques (complete, incremental, differential)
- What is the most efficient method at the disk space level in conventional methods, and why?
- What is the disadvantage of the incremental technique?
Database
- What is normalization?
- What is the difference between a relational and object-oriented database?
- How would you migrate a MySQL database to Microsoft SQL Server?
- What are “INSERT, UPDATE, and DROP” requests used for?
Source Control
- What is the main difference between conventional source control systems and the distributed model?
- Can you name conventional source control systems? (SVN, CVS, VSS, VSTS, Perforce)
- What is the most popular distributed source control system right now? (Git)
- What is a branch in a source control system?
Cloud Computing
- Can you name the three layers of the cloud model? (“IaaS”, “PaaS” and “SaaS”)
- What is the EC2 service for at Amazon?
- Name the container technologies you know
- What is the difference between a virtual machine and a “container”?
- How can you see the console of a virtual machine on Amazon AWS? (“Screenshot” on Linux, “event log” only on Windows)