I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at County of Madera (California) (Madera, CA) in Jun 2022
Interview
The interviews were all done via Cisco Webex, a web conferencing program. All three interviews were done virtual and are recorded.
The first interview was simple. You were interviewed by two people who asked you what your skills and accomplishments are and what models of network equipment you have supported. You are graded from a scale 0-100%. After the interview you are given your score and eligibility rank. You will then be given an appointment for the second interview.
Second interview is given by the Senior Network Analyst and Network Security Engineer. They had about 18 questions with 80% of them being pure HR/Behavioral questions. ( I will list the ones I remember later).
Third and final interview was given by the same people from the second interview. More or less the same amount of questions but they asked me more about certifications. You may have an edge if you have a CCNA which was something they asked me repeatedly.
After the interview I was given a "Thank you for your time" rejection email a week later.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
If you were an animal, what would it be?
Have you experienced discrimination?
What would you do if a coworker isn't doing their job?
What is the difference between TCP and UDP?
What is a network switch and a router?
What do you hate about your job?
How do you feel about working remote?
You are given a task but it involves another department to process it, what do you do? (The old red tape/bureaucracy question.)