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Windows Sysadmin Interview Questions


Windows Sysadmin Interview Questions

Interviews for IT jobs including Windows Sysadmin jobs often include challenges far beyond the usual questions regarding career aspirations.

IT job interviews often consist of brainteasers, riddles and practical questions designed to measure your logic, reasoning, creative thinking, and problem-solving skills. The objective for the interviewer is not only to assess your technical knowledge, but also your communication skills and suitability (culturally) for the company.

Here are some example Windows Sysadmin job interview questions to help you to prepare yourself (answers can be found at the bottom of the page):

Windows Sysadmin interview questions

  1. What are the required components of Windows Server 2003 for installing Exchange 2003?
  2. What must be done to an AD forest before Exchange can be deployed?
  3. What Exchange process is responsible for communication with AD?
  4. What 3 types of domain controller does Exchange access?
  5. What connector type would you use to connect to the Internet, and what are the two methods of sending mail over that connector?
  6. How would you optimise Exchange 2003 memory usage on a Windows Server 2003 server with more than 1Gb of memory?
  7. What would a rise in remote queue length generally indicate?
  8. What would a rise in the Local Delivery queue generally mean?
  9. What are the standard port numbers for SMTP, POP3, IMAP4, RPC, LDAP and Global Catalog?
  10. Name the process names for the following: System Attendant?

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It is important at Windows Sysadmin job interviews to be specific when answering questions. Concise qualitative answers demonstrate confidence and knowledge.

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Good Luck!