One of the blog reader wrote to say that he got Storage Job in IBM because he was able to answer most of the Vmware Interview Questions. Ya I too got confused just like you. The job opening was for Storage & Virtualization administrator. But later they made it as 2 job openings.They wanted to hire a separate Storage administrator but expected him to have good knowledge of Virtualization, specifically Vmware VI3 ( Vmware Infrastructure 3). This blog reader had experience working on Storage for several years. But he was not well experienced on VI3 - ESX Server , Virtual Center etc.
He was aware of ESX Server & Virtual machines just that he had not worked extensively on ESX administration. So just 2 days before the actual interview he bought my 100 Interview Questions package ($100 - check top right corner) . I never recommend doing this way. Do NOT buy just few days before interview. I even get people buying just a couple hours before the interview. Thats crazy - there are very few chances that the same questions may be asked. But still people have confidence that if they can have this for reference & use it for a mock interview session that has indeed helped quite a few. Thats why people never complain & email me back.
Anyway I'm happy this package helps people in one or the other way to get good jobs. I'm not claiming my questions were solely responsible for him to get this job. Without the kind of Interview preparation or Experience in a solid technology like FC Switches or SAN he could not have got this job offer.
I never recommend you buy my Vmware Interview Questions package & just prepare on it(escape route actually) thats not at all gonna get you the job. You may be lucky but thats another story.What I would recommend instead is start your interview preparation quite few days earlier. Atleast 6-15 days early[Seems boring/dumb suggestion :) ].All the blog readers who followed this suggestion got 100% assured job offer. Thats the success rate if someone follows some of my boring/dumb suggestions.
Most of the job consultants do give that much time,a week or two for you to attend interview. If you have so many days start your actual preparation
1. Preparing your resume
2. Properly projecting your experience, projects , skillset
3. Being able to clearly explain your roles / responsibilities
4. Initiatives you took, team leadership you've shown
5. Excellence in a skillset or administration or a programming etc
6. Your ability to solve things or troubleshooting expertise etc
when you are preparing on all these aspects & say you are a Storage administrator or say you are a VI3 admin (ESX administrator/VC admin) then you need to cover some of the basics about the technology. That time you need to cover some of their product documentation or User guides. That time for reference you can use my 100 Interview Questions documents,only for reference or for a mock interview with the help of a friend. By going through a mock interview you are mentally perpared for what kind of questions or twisted scenario based questions can be expected.You increase the quality of the answers you give for an interviewer. You handle the interview in a much more confident manner. You feel that you are in control of the whole technical interview round. These feelings you can NOT get if you have not faced a MOCK INTERVIEW prior to your actual interview. So dont skip this suggestion.
I would again repeat DO NOT buy if u have an interview just in next 2 hours. (This is what quite a few did in the past). I dont feel happy when this package has less value to you.
I charge for the service/product & I want to see it being of some good value to you.
So I am trying to increase the value of this package > HOW ?
Planning to include more Questions & Answers from real interview experiences. Planning to include some Video links which are very relevant. Quite a few things are going to be added to this package. Obviously the price of the "Vmware Interview Questions" package is going to increase to $240. That will include access to some of the Videos about mock interviews of VI3 administration.
VI3 admin scenarios explained in video chat etc.
But whoever wants to buy this package immediately at $240 please email roger.smithson@gmail.com (Things are still being worked on so expect more updates on this)
Yes this website has already helped some professionals get a High Salary Job in Vmware Virtualization Technology. Many may feel Virtualization is a tough technology - yes it is until you learn it. It is a challenging yet exciting job opportunity to work on Vmware Virtualization career. Here is a website http://www.vmwarevirtualizationtraining.com/ which is covering many advanced as well as basic topics on Virtualization. It teaches you about Vmware's highly succesful product suite Vmware Infrastructure 3. This website is available for FREE access only for TODAY & TOMORROW. Yes this website is getting lots of updates & the web developer (a friend of mine) is actually making this a subscription based service so people in future need to pay to access the website. Hurry up now & check out the details on the website http://www.VmwareVirtualizationTraining.com .
Learning Vmware Virtualization technology is crucial even if you are working as a Storage technology professional.Because Companies/Business/Individuals who are implementing Vmware or any Virtualization need Enterprise Storage solutions. (EMC & NetApp hence support as well as evangelise Virtualization implementation heavily). Any company which thinks of a company wide Virtualization implementation needs lots of Storage products & solution.I heard from Dell/IBM consultants who sell storage that they always follow Vmware sales team once Vmware sales team finish their presentation these Storage sales people have a easy walk to close deals. Virtualization has been a huge boon for Storage industry for sure. Not just that if I think on a bigger picture Virtualization is going to be a widely applied technology in almost all industries in future since it saves Power(Electricity),Cooling costs,Datacenter space,Machines/Servers/Hardware/Networking costs - overall a huge money saver.
So it makes career sense & business sense for you to start learning Vmware Virtualization. Vmware company which is owned by EMC2 is the present leader of Virtualization market. Though Microsoft is giving a tough challenge along with companies like Oracle,Sun microsystems,HP,Citrix(Xen),Virtual Iron,Virtuozzo to gain a major chunk of this market share. But for next few years if you learn Vmware then you can get hired by any of these major companies. As an example the few professionals who got benefited by this Vmware training website have joined these other companies though they learned Vmware Infrastructure 3(ESX Server,Virtual Center,Vmware Consolidate backup).
There are few videos on Vmware & Microsoft virtualization & it may seem too technical at first when you start going through this website. But if you can replay the same videos & try to understand what they are saying. If you have enough patience to go through each of the Video on this website then you definitely can understand more than 50% of this hot technology called Virtualization.
Here are the links on the site take time & have patience since the website is being accessed by so many that the Video loading may take time. Also the website is under constant development/modification so pardon if its down.
VMware Customers on VMware ESX Server 3i how effective is it
Server Consolidation with VMware: Capacity Planner
VMware Infrastructure at Mallesons Stephens Jacques
Disaster Recovery (DR) using Vmware software in schools of Collier County
Interesting to see IBM Consultant talk about Microsoft Virtualization solution
Learning through Videos is the fastest & most effective method after learning from an instructor or a personal trainer. Cost of a personal trainer is high to learn Storage technology hence a team I know very well is developing a website for Storage fundamentals + SAN training using Videos. Learning from Videos that too Web based videos has advantages like
- you learn at your own pace,
- you replay the video & see it number of times to perfect the concept or technology
A separate website is being developed by a team of Storage professionals who will be Sharing some of their industry experiences,
Giving you tips for a Career in Storage technology
But main focus will be to give you a Strong Fundamental knowledge on Storage technology
The topics covered will be around(This is just the initial list I got they promised that it will grow more soon, lot more will be covered)
Storage Basics
SAN(Storage Area Network): SAN components
SAN Hardware
SAN Software
SAN Configuration & Troubleshooting overview
iSCSI (SCSI over IP)
FC (Fibre Channel)
Storage connectivity & interfaces:SCSI,SAS,SATA & more.
There will be huge bonus additional Videos & materials like
- What to expect in Storage job interviews
- Tips to prepare your resume to get more interviews from Storage companies
- Tips for interview preparation for Storage technology job openings
- Tips for prioritizing what to give importance & which topics you need to perfect
- You will receive 300+ interview questions from different Storage company interviews which itself is valued at $100. You get this free when you join for this Video training membership website.
Cost for this web based training access will be $500 (USD) payable through paypal or credit card. Those who are interested please email jobsulike@gmail.com today & confirm your interest. The access to this membership based website will be limited only to few since the website development team wants to work more closely with the members & provide some additional value adds, hence I would recommend you to email today & confirm your interest to join.
You will soon get to see a preview Video from their list of Storage Technology Videos on this blog. You will also see lot more updates about this new website being developed soon on this blog.May be I will post some of the reviews or Videos from members who joined & benefited from this web based training website.
Here is a job opening for which one of my hiring friends has forwarded. This is for Albany, New York. Please send your resume to roger.smithson@gmail.com immediately if you are interested.
Experienced engineer who has in depth knowledge in SAN 9980, Net App, IBM 3200, 3400 and Adaptec devices.
This contract position would be on the customers site for approx 6 months.
AN storage located on the same 9980 frame noted above, backed up using
Beta Systems Rapid Exchange product to MF Tape.
Separate 9960 frame configured as SAN storage for the Part D program.
Net Backup system with single cabinet Tape silo using LTO 2 drives,
using external Decru encryption device.
Various smaller SAN/NAS components eg. Net App, IBM 3200, 3400 and
Adaptec devices.
Responsibilities :
Manages the SAN, backup and restore environments and requirements
at the receiving data center for the migration groups.
Recommended Previous Experience :
3 years previous experience with data migration,scripting and documenting
standard procedures.
Working knowledge and understanding of clients internal processes and
tools such as NSR, GCARS, OAR, NetEiss and the procurement process
Has at least 2 years participation experience with SRT/RCA activities.
Has working technical knowledge (3 years minimum) of the migrating
storage technologies in scope of the Transformation, including storage
management software (Backup, SAN & NAS)
At least 3 years previous experience with the following; replication
projects, resolution of connectivity and performance issues.
Demonstrated ability to provide technical guidance to other technical
resources in area of expertise.
Send your resume to roger.smithson@gmail.com immediately as this is immediate hiring requirement.
