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What is a VLAN and why is it used, what are the advantages and challenges. What is STP. Describe a time where you helped a peer who was struggling, what did you do to help and what was the outcome. What are some Linux Directories and their uses. Describe everything you know about the DHCP process. Group Policy fails on a client, how would you troubleshoot this. Describe your most technically challenging issue and how you solved it. What is the difference between a switch and a router. Name some TCP and UDP ports/uses. What is the OSI model and why is it used.
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IT Support Engineer

Interviewed at Amazon

3.5★
Feb 6, 2018

What is a VLAN and why is it used, what are the advantages and challenges. What is STP. Describe a time where you helped a peer who was struggling, what did you do to help and what was the outcome. What are some Linux Directories and their uses. Describe everything you know about the DHCP process. Group Policy fails on a client, how would you troubleshoot this. Describe your most technically challenging issue and how you solved it. What is the difference between a switch and a router. Name some TCP and UDP ports/uses. What is the OSI model and why is it used.

Write a function get_hops_from(page1, page2) that will determine the number of hyperlinks that you would need to click on to get from some page1 on the web to some other page2 on the web. For example, if each page below links to the pages that are indented below it, e.g. page 1 links to pages 2 and 5, and page 2 links to pages 3 and 4, and page 5 links to pages 3 and 7, then the get_hops_from(page1, page7) should return 2 (2 hops), since you have to hop once from page 1 to 5 and once more from page 5 to page 7. page1 : distance == 0 page2 : distance == 1 page3 : distance == 2 page4 : distance == 2 page5 : distance == 2 page3 : distance == 2 page7 : distance == 2 Assume that an API is available to: * get_links(a_page) will return an array/list of all pages that a_page links to
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Software Developer - (Willing to Learn Perl)

Interviewed at Booking.com

4.1★
Aug 25, 2014

Write a function get_hops_from(page1, page2) that will determine the number of hyperlinks that you would need to click on to get from some page1 on the web to some other page2 on the web. For example, if each page below links to the pages that are indented below it, e.g. page 1 links to pages 2 and 5, and page 2 links to pages 3 and 4, and page 5 links to pages 3 and 7, then the get_hops_from(page1, page7) should return 2 (2 hops), since you have to hop once from page 1 to 5 and once more from page 5 to page 7. page1 : distance == 0 page2 : distance == 1 page3 : distance == 2 page4 : distance == 2 page5 : distance == 2 page3 : distance == 2 page7 : distance == 2 Assume that an API is available to: * get_links(a_page) will return an array/list of all pages that a_page links to

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