System Admin Interview Questions for Software Development Organisation

System Admin Interview Questions for Software Development Organisation

System Admin Interview Questions for Software Development Organisation

Nowadays, we have many Job profiles in Product Development Companies that require somewhere around all-rounder profiles for System Admins. For that they require Network, Windows, ESX, IIS etc. experts to handle there day-to-day work. So, below are some basic Interview questions specifically for the System Admins working for Product Developments companies where they need to interact with Developers, Tester and DBA:

Active Directory

  • What is RODC?
  • Differences b/w Conditional Forwarding and Stub Zones.
  • What is GPT and GPC?
  • Which DNS record is required for Replication?

Windows Server

  • What contain system state backup?
  • What is Majority Node Set?
  • Types of Clusters?
  • Different types of Quorum in Windows server 2008?
  • Can we install Failover cluster on two different subnets?
  • What is NPS?
  • What is 802.1x authentication

Internet Information Service

  • What is the role of HTTP.sys?
  • What are the different security settings available in Internet Information Service?
  • How many SSL certificates can be used in Internet Information Service 7.5 for multiple sites?
  • What is worker Process?

VMWARE

  • What are the different data store multipathing methods available under ESX cluster?
  • How many ESX nodes can be added in VMWare essential plus licensing?
  • In what scenario we cannot expand attached HDD size of Virtual Machine in Vmware Cluster
  • Can we have multiple Vlan under same Vswitch?
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