Interview questions, salary etc

[simmiy]

Whats with this constant begging for interview questions. Grow up. If you need to memorize interview questions to get a job then this is probably not a career you should be considering. Backup and recovery is a very serious job and is not meant for sissies who need interview questions. I am sure that once you have the questions, you would probably need the answers to those questions to make you even more comfortable for the interview. What the heck is wrong with people.

I would request the admin to handle this issue lest this site becomes a brain dump site for the brain dead.

 

[witchdoctor]

I'm blown by this radical point of view of yours simmiy... but I agree with You.
If one considers himself a proffesional, he should know answers to most of the questions in his field of knowledge (in this case Backup/Recovery). And as for the questions one does not know answer already, he should be able to come up with one in no time.

But there goes this other side.
One must recruit such specialist... and he needs to know wich questions to ask, and what are correct answers to these questions. And mostly the recruiting person does not know what he is asking about. After some time of inmplementing and utilising TSM in my company I still have to explain basic fundamentals to my boss. So I gues this is why such requests are made here.

 

[grizk]

Hi TSMers,

I do recall there was a Forum or Poll about average TSM Admin Salaries (looking for Australia). Anyone have any ideas?

Thnx All

Rizky...

 

[mateinone]

Personally I would much prefer that all "interview question" requests to just be deleted, but that would need to become a "site wide" call. One thing I can understand though is a prospective employer wanting to make sure that they are asking the "right" questions when it comes to interviewing in the market.

People that are looking for jobs and asking interview questions are people that should only be looking for entry level positions and as such they should not require the knowledge in advance. Those applying for senior admin positions and asking for interview questions really are not the right people for the job and helping them to get the job ahead of someone that has put in the years and the study and understands the product just seems wrong.

 

[grizk]

Im in for the Interview questions to be deleted, it was the only thread i could find that had salaries.

Cheers

Rizky !

 

[Jacob_6]

My opinion differs, I don't think giving them interview questions that is a problem, it is giving out the answers, so that they can then memorize them to give answers to the questions.

It is better to have them look them up if they are interested in learning TSM and being ready for the interview.

As messy as the manuals are you can ordinarily find the answers to most questions, although for some you really have to search, but that is part of the learning equation.

Then you need to apply this toward interviewing and working with TSM.

I learned the most about TSM by doing tech support for TSM, which meant researching the questions and problems that were thrown at me.

Anyway, questions I do not have a problem with providing, it when they expect us to provide the answers to the questions to, so that they can memorize them.

 

[mateinone]

A newer poll has been added for the salary question
http://adsm.org/forum/showthread.php?t=19596

 

[dig1tal]

I'm all for scratching posts that ask for answers on interview questions and certifications. Typically, these posts lead to additional posts such as "Hi friends, help me ASAP I don't understand <basic TSM fundamental> and need to fix production issue". Translation: I was hired under false pretenses and I am not capable of supporting TSM....so I'll go ask for help on forums.

 

[BBB]

Unless people have a problem with it, personally I would prefer to moderate out posts that ask for interview *answers* to questions. Basically I think this is dishonest and cheating.

 

[mateinone]

Yeah I have no issue at all with that personally

 

[mikeatkc]

If someone is interested enough in learning TSM, he/she would have visited IBM's TSM websites (or downloaded the PDFs) or simply search the internet for more information. An active approach to learning rather than simply asking without doing any reading/research/etc.

If you work (and efficient) with TSM, you should be able to handle questions in the job interview. If not, think of it as job interview experience for the next job interview.