In this video we show you the 50 best interview questions and answers for system administrators.

Preparing for your job interview with this list of questions and answers will wow your interviewer and help you land the system administrator job.

The video answers the following questions:

Network questions:

#1 – What is a firewall?
#2 – Can you explain the difference between HTTP and HTTPS protocols?
#3 – What is a VPN?
#4 – What are two types of IP addresses and what are they used for?
#5 – What is DNS?
#6 – What is a standard route?
#7 – What is DHCP and what is it used for?
#8 – What is DoS?

Microsoft questions:

#1 – What is Active Directory and what is it used for?
#2 – What are GPOs?
#3 – What is Hyper-V?
#4 – What is Office 365?
#5 – What is Office 365 Management?
#6 – What is Microsoft Azure?
#7 – What are the different types of services offered in the Azure cloud?
#8 – What three billing models are most common in Azure?

Linux questions:

#1 – What is BASH?
#2 – What is a root account?
#3 – What three types of permissions are available on a Linux system?
#4 – What is grep command in Linux?
#5 – What is SSH?
#6 – What is a cron job?
#7 – How to create a new user on Linux-based systems?
#8 – What are the commands for creating and deleting directories in Linux systems?

Safety questions:

#1 – What is cryptography?
#2 – What are IDS and IPS and what is their main difference?
#3 – What does the CIA information security acronym stand for, and what is it used for?
#4 – What is a Brute Force Attack?
#5 – What is a MITM attack?
#6 – What is a botnet?
#7 – What is MFA and how can it be used?
#8 – What is SQL Injection?

AWS Cloud Questions:

#1 – What is Auto Scaling?
#2 – Is there any alternative tool to log into the AWS cloud environment other than the AWS console?
#3 – What is the difference between stopping and terminating an EC2 instance?
#4 – What are the different types of pricing models for EC2 instances?
#5 – What is RTO and RPO in AWS?
#6 – What are the different types of load balancers in AWS?
#7 – What is an AWS root user account?
#8 – What is AWS IAM and what is it used for?

Soft skills questions:

#1 – What can you tell me about yourself?
#2 – Why do you want to work for this company?
#3 – Why should we hire you?
#4 – What are your greatest strengths?
#5 – What do you consider your weaknesses?
#6 – Can you tell me about a time when you had to work with someone you weren't compatible with?
#7 – Can you tell me about a time when you overcame a significant challenge?
#8 – Can you tell me about a time when things didn't go according to plan? How did you deal with it?
#9 – Tell me about a time you were asked to do something you had never done before. How did you react? What did you learn?
#10 – What are the three things that matter most to you in a job?

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