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      Senior Systems Administrator Interview

      26 Mar 2016
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Irvine, CA

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      Senior Systems Administrator Interview

      8 Dec 2017
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Los Angeles, CA
      No offer
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Blizzard Entertainment (Irvine, CA) in Mar 2016

      Interview

      I was interviewed twice via Skype with different team members, both of which were fairly softball questions. The interviewees didn't feel like they had necessarily prepared as much as were coming up with questions and scenarios to throw at me on the fly. After completing the phone/video interviews, I was flown out to the Irvine campus for 2 ~1-hour interviews with multiple interviewers. The first interview was with primarily the same people I had spoken to on the Skype calls and were relatively simple questions, the 2nd interview was with what I suspect were more senior staff members - including a Director - with much more complex and granular questions.

      Interview questions [5]

      Question 1

      What is Kerberos?
      Answer question

      Question 2

      What are the Active Directory FSMO roles?
      Answer question

      Question 3

      How do you currently monitor your network?
      Answer question

      Question 4

      What is your favorite piece of technology at home?
      Answer question

      Question 5

      What are the various RAID types and how do they work?
      Answer question
      3
      Positive experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Blizzard Entertainment (Los Angeles, CA) in Dec 2017

      Interview

      Submitted an application (just the resume and LinkedIn profile), got contacted via email to schedule an Initial phone interview with the company recruiter. The recruiter was super punctual and called right on time, was very relaxed and professional. Questions were about my current responsibilities, what I do at my job, familiarity with several technologies. Very easy. The interview was just today; the next step will likely be another phone interview, perhaps with the IT team, likely with more pointed questions looking to gauge my proficiency levels. No offer expected at this point - it will likely be at least a week or three - if not until after holidays.

      Interview questions [9]

      Question 1

      What do you do at your current job?
      1 Answer

      Question 2

      Have you heard about us?
      1 Answer

      Question 3

      Are you involved with managing and monitoring servers at your current job?
      1 Answer

      Question 4

      Are you familiar with Active Directory?
      1 Answer

      Question 5

      Do you do any scripting?
      1 Answer

      Question 6

      Do you have any questions for me / us?
      1 Answer

      Question 7

      How is your availability next week for another interview?
      1 Answer

      Question 8

      What compensation are you looking for?
      1 Answer

      Question 9

      Would you require (visa) sponsorship to accept an offer?
      1 Answer
      2