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27-07-11, 01:09 PM
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Best interviewee ever
So my colleague is interviewing for an IT Junior and the first guy comes in.
Goes something like this: Q> What would you do in the event of a BSOD, to try and troubleshoot & fix it? A>Take it to PC World Silence..... LOL |
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27-07-11, 01:19 PM
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Re: Best interviewee ever
At least he got an answer. I've interviewed for juniors in the past and some of them just sit and look at you if you ask a tricky question.
BTW, I've spent some time with our IT guys so I believe the correct answer is; 1. Ctrl/Alt/Delete 2. Switch it off and back on again 3. THEN take it to PC World While doing this, you should drink copious amounts of coffee and smoke a LOT of cigarettes. Did I get it right. 
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27-07-11, 01:43 PM
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Re: Best interviewee ever
no the correct answer is, swear profusely then smash the keyboard threw the monitor and buy another PC.
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27-07-11, 01:51 PM
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Re: Best interviewee ever
In my younger IT days we had a screen saver that looked like the BSOD.
What fun we had with that!!! |
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27-07-11, 02:10 PM
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 I don't think I can beat "take it to PC World", but one candidate I interviewed declined to attempt a software exercise because he knew "nothing about software, I'm a hardware person" - shame it was for a software support job really...
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27-07-11, 02:16 PM
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1) Wait till someone leaves their screen unlocked. 2) Print Screen their Desktop 3) Set Screen Print as Desktop Wallpaper 4) Hide Desktop Icons 5) Set Taskbar to Auto-Hide 6) Wait for the call saying that they can move their mouse but not click on anything  7) Laugh
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27-07-11, 02:23 PM
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27-07-11, 02:35 PM
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It took me all of Monday morning to get my PC working properly again after putting in a support call. And the problem that I'd called about still wasn't fixed. |
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27-07-11, 02:41 PM
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27-07-11, 03:05 PM
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After that, replace his desktop with the screen that shows "Computer Locked" when you first go to login. He'll be even more confused when he presses ctl-alt-del |
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