From: Tony Williams 

/m wrote:
> At work we're going to be hiring a Linux Senior Admin.  My efforts in
> enterprise Linux administration have been somewhat limited.   What sort
> of questions should I ask during the interview, what experience should I
> look for, how can I tell a merely very good admin from one that I would
> trust with a server farm down the road, etc...?
>
> As always, thanks in advance.

Show him a company hierarchy chart and ask him what groups and permissions
he would set up. Ask about sudo and who gets which privileges.

Ask about backup strategies - long term, short term and how they differ.

Which kernel are you going to use; what are the reasons for updating, what
are the reasons for not updating.

Where do you store log files? (Clue: not on the machine that's running the
executable - but how about NFS locking/latency?)

Without knowing more about how your business uses Linux it's hard to give
specific advice, but any admin worth hiring should be able to talk your ear
off about all those things and more.

--
Tony

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