System Engineer Interview Questions and Answers

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So you've landed yourself a job interview for a System Engineer role, or maybe a Sys Admin role, maybe even a Wintel Engineer role.
Whatever it is, it's support engineer related, and there's some Windows Engineer experience required, this video is going to go through some of the basic questions and answers for the role.
As we move into Cloud services faster and faster, it doesn't change the fact that we need infrastructure like Microsoft Server and services to keep companies and organisations running.
Watch this breakdown of the common questions and answers that I have been asked and that I have asked potential candidates.
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0:00 Intro
1:30 Role Background
1:54 Active Directory
3:09 DHCP
4:55 It's always DNS
6:05 Ping
7:13 Port Check
8:57 PowerShell
11:00 Other Experience
12:53 P1s and P2s
14:07 SLAs
15:08 Scenario 1
17:09 Wrap-up

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  • @bossK78
    @bossK782 жыл бұрын

    I've been on MANY Sys Engineer interviews and he is spot on with the line of questions.

  • @CloudContext

    @CloudContext

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @nishasoni8179
    @nishasoni81798 ай бұрын

    Good example of questions - just had an interview and they mentioned majority, thanks for sharing

  • @JWiLLfoReaL
    @JWiLLfoReaL Жыл бұрын

    A big help will do my best on senior systems engineer 👨‍💻 interview. Thanks again.

  • @sandsandeeps
    @sandsandeeps2 жыл бұрын

    Very informative and very much related to current interview trend.

  • @jessicaosborne3156
    @jessicaosborne3156 Жыл бұрын

    I found your walk-through of the questions quite helpful! I am looking forward to taking on interviews after listening to your questions. Your questions feel more like the ones that I would need in the interviewing process. THANK YOUUUUUUUUU

  • @CloudContext

    @CloudContext

    Жыл бұрын

    Glad it was helpful!

  • @AnchormanMazdaXBL
    @AnchormanMazdaXBL2 жыл бұрын

    Just when I was wondering when the new video was coming! 👌🏼

  • @CloudContext

    @CloudContext

    2 жыл бұрын

    Haha thanks Nick. More coming!

  • @threegs3496
    @threegs349610 ай бұрын

    I got the job. Thanks for this!!

  • @achajackson5898
    @achajackson58982 жыл бұрын

    System engineer focuses on designing and creating systems, the system administrator is involved in the ongoing support of those systems and networks. They manage the system security, operation time and make sure it needs matches with the existing budget. Many KZreadrs confuse the two roles.

  • @2forfun007

    @2forfun007

    2 жыл бұрын

    I thought ,System engineer make sure the system performs as intneded, doesnt deisgn a system

  • @moviesjoypng

    @moviesjoypng

    Жыл бұрын

    I believe companies use the term Administrator/Engineer loosely nowadays. The job title may be Engineer but the person would also be performing administrator roles as well as implementing design. HR responsible for advertising the position does not understand this difference.

  • @muhammadsaeed6057
    @muhammadsaeed605726 күн бұрын

    These questions are good for internees. These days interviews are more about if you could do DevOPs (Programming/Languages, Shell/Bash/Powershell scirpts, CI/CD pipelines, Cloud AWS/Azure/GCP Administrations, Network devices administration/configurations, Dockers/Kubernetes, 0365, Ansible/chef/Terraform..and a lot more) but the title of the job role will be System Administrator or Systems Engineer.

  • @gerardovillanuevaortiz3280
    @gerardovillanuevaortiz3280 Жыл бұрын

    Wow, I am currently trying to get a job in IT, i use to work in networking. These questions have cleared me that i have the knwoledge to be a system engineer. I was only going for a destkop IT rol or some basic stuff. Now i feel confident to apply to better jobs. Thanks man.

  • @mohammedmiah7076

    @mohammedmiah7076

    Жыл бұрын

    You need to download server and use virtualization lab to break and fix. Especially Active Directory DNS DHCP Groups Policy. Cloud computing. AWS Azure etc. MS 365, outlook exchange server. All important port numbers.

  • @HiteshPatel-ie6nr
    @HiteshPatel-ie6nr2 жыл бұрын

    I like the way you present these interview questions. I hope you make more of these.

  • @CloudContext

    @CloudContext

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you! That is the plan.

  • @yiaxiong7864
    @yiaxiong786411 ай бұрын

    These are the same questions that were asked of me in an entry level IT support interview

  • @PatrickOwusu-sm9oq
    @PatrickOwusu-sm9oq Жыл бұрын

    This is very good

  • @telvisl6880
    @telvisl6880 Жыл бұрын

    would this also apply to the questions asked on Hackerrank?

  • @Vic222B
    @Vic222B Жыл бұрын

    This was great! I'm preparing for my Senior System Engineer interview tomorrow. Thanks mate.

  • @CloudContext

    @CloudContext

    Жыл бұрын

    Hope it helped!

  • @bunnyman6321

    @bunnyman6321

    Жыл бұрын

    Did you get it?

  • @JWiLLfoReaL

    @JWiLLfoReaL

    Жыл бұрын

    @@bunnyman6321he didn’t probably.

  • @bunnyman6321

    @bunnyman6321

    Жыл бұрын

    @@JWiLLfoReaL Damn

  • @ronaktripathi6332
    @ronaktripathi6332 Жыл бұрын

    I have an interview scheduled soon, but it's for a program called 'Civil Systems Engineering'. Can I expect the same questions applied to civil engineering?

  • @obedienceonewaho3038
    @obedienceonewaho3038 Жыл бұрын

    Do have need to study Computer Network or computer Software engineer to become a System engineer?

  • @Conviction454
    @Conviction4543 ай бұрын

    Just had a systems engineer interview myself and everything on here I was asked about. The interview was for an hour and might've been the toughest interview I've ever had. It was the 2nd interview in hopefully a 3 round process as I'm waiting to hear feedback from the hiring manager. I was also asked about my experience with MS Azure, Exchange, and other M365 Admin responsibilities. After the first series of questions, the interviewer shared his screen and proceeded to ask me about a variety of things such as Vsphere/ESXI, Hyper-V, JSON, XML, batch files, ps1 files, etc. I felt as if I knew most of the technologies but I definitely fell short when it came to things like JSON and XML. I was also asked a few ITIL questions to my surprise, which I thought were easy to answer. I have 4 years of experience in the field working mostly Help desk and a little bit of systems/infrastructure work.

  • @muhammadsaeed6057

    @muhammadsaeed6057

    26 күн бұрын

    Current System Admin/Engineer roles demand cloud/devops skills/experience.

  • @kannan1081
    @kannan10816 ай бұрын

    Bro you got any idea about system engineer quality (mechanical)

  • @nolongerinuse488
    @nolongerinuse4882 жыл бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @CloudContext

    @CloudContext

    2 жыл бұрын

    You're welcome!

  • @nimalhamusherpa966
    @nimalhamusherpa966 Жыл бұрын

    Going for System Engineer role today. Hope this helps 💗🙏

  • @CloudContext

    @CloudContext

    Жыл бұрын

    Hope it went well!

  • @brucescottyogaro6741
    @brucescottyogaro6741 Жыл бұрын

    Wish me luck I've got Systems and Network Engineer job interview scheduled for Wednesday 22/02/2023🙏

  • @CloudContext

    @CloudContext

    Жыл бұрын

    Good luck!

  • @paolojavier4960
    @paolojavier4960 Жыл бұрын

    im new to systems engineering department. i'm a fresh grad and only have basic knowledge. i dont have knowledge in that P1 etc. Is it fine to say "honestly, i dont have any idea about that" i'm just scared that from that statement, they will reject me

  • @CloudContext

    @CloudContext

    Жыл бұрын

    Best to be honest, Paolo, as the last thing you want is to take the role and then be unable to fulfil your duties.

  • @paolojavier4960

    @paolojavier4960

    Жыл бұрын

    @@CloudContext thank you very much. I’m a graduate of electronics engineering and would want to transition to Systems engineer. Any learning courses to recommend where I can start studying about systems department?

  • @mohammedmiah7076

    @mohammedmiah7076

    Жыл бұрын

    Start building home labs Install Server promote to DC and install DNA DHCP. Assign Group policies to OUs . Give share permission to different departments. Like accounts HR IT etc.

  • @aarongutierrez7705

    @aarongutierrez7705

    Жыл бұрын

    @@CloudContext hmmm dunno bout that

  • @niyok671

    @niyok671

    Жыл бұрын

    If you really have no experience in handling P1 or P2 incidents then that's fine. I assume they would also be expecting that since you are new to the field and might not have much experience or any experience at all. What I would probably do is talk about how you would try to handle a P1 or P2 incident.

  • @m_rahman
    @m_rahman Жыл бұрын

    Great video bro! Is there a difference between system engineer n systems engineer?

  • @CloudContext

    @CloudContext

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you. I'm guessing you maybe mean between System Engineer vs System Admin? In Australia, the term job title is really used interchangeably but I noticed in other parts of the world, they may carry different job descriptions.

  • @m_rahman

    @m_rahman

    Жыл бұрын

    @@CloudContext thank you bro!

  • @anthonyshea6048

    @anthonyshea6048

    Жыл бұрын

    Yeah, I got a degree in systems engineering in America and have an interview today and it has nothing to do with IT. It actually has to do with the engineering of systems (cars, airplanes, etc). Completely different fields

  • @dataArtists
    @dataArtists2 жыл бұрын

    Resolve all printers down. Send email recommending finally moving to a paperless office. 😉

  • @CloudContext

    @CloudContext

    2 жыл бұрын

    Haha ah yes, the paperless office.

  • @yeni_mrav4279
    @yeni_mrav4279 Жыл бұрын

    🤍💙🤍

  • @aman2424
    @aman2424 Жыл бұрын

    8:23 that'd be nmap ;P (kidding dont use this u can go to jail)

  • @helpmebuddybydenzelwashing5358
    @helpmebuddybydenzelwashing53584 ай бұрын

    good interview prep video

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