Senior Network Engineer Mock Interview
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Question 6 of 30
At what stage of a company's growth and expansion of its IT network would you request that a team be hired to work under you?
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William Swansen has worked in the employment assistance realm since 2007. He is an author, job search strategist, and career advisor who helps individuals worldwide and in various professions to find their ideal careers.
This is a tricky question during an interview for a senior network engineering job. Many people would be inclined to respond that they can handle the load themselves. However, this would not be appropriate. Hiring managers recognize that it is necessary to bring on additional staff when a company grows to a certain size. As a senior network engineer, you are expected to understand this. The key is knowing when the workload exceeds your ability to do it effectively and to have a plan to expand the staff economically and efficiently, maintaining a balance between the capacity of the staff and the workload they are responsible for.
William Swansen has worked in the employment assistance realm since 2007. He is an author, job search strategist, and career advisor who helps individuals worldwide and in various professions to find their ideal careers.
"I have worked for both large and small organizations. In the small organizations, I was the only network engineer or had a small team. I managed teams of many network engineers in the larger organizations, and our team was but one within the larger network operations organization. This provided me the experience of monitoring my team's activity and recognizing when the workload was about to exceed the team's capacity. It's hard to define a specific stage of a company's growth at which this occurs. Indicators I depend on include the amount of network traffic and the number of users and nodes on the network, including internal users, partners, suppliers, customers, and others. Criteria I use for expanding my team include the number of hours we are currently working, any failures we experience on the network due to a lack of maintenance or planning, and the company's projected growth during the next 6 to 12 months. I always maintain a pipeline of qualified network engineering candidates which I can bring on board quickly when necessary."
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