It Desktop Support Engineer Interview Questions

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Linux questions asked How to find kernel version/os version? What directory are the system logs have located in? What is the directory above /root? What would you use to find a particular txt in a file? What does SED do? Behavioral • Tell me about a time you completed a complex problem with a simple solution. Did you get push back? • Tell me about a time you had significant and unexpected problems when trying to accomplish a key goal. • What is something you recently learned and wished others knew about? Windows How do you find the OS version? What do you use to remotely manage servers? What is TCP & UDP? What services/app use TCP? What services/app use UDP? How does DNS work? What information is sent with a DNS record? What happens when you open a browser and navigate to google.com? Explain the backend processes in detail and the information sent. What are common HTTP response codes? What does HTTP 403 mean? What is GPO? How is GPO deployed?
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IT Support Engineer 1, Kuiper

Interviewed at Amazon

3.5
Sep 3, 2025

Linux questions asked How to find kernel version/os version? What directory are the system logs have located in? What is the directory above /root? What would you use to find a particular txt in a file? What does SED do? Behavioral • Tell me about a time you completed a complex problem with a simple solution. Did you get push back? • Tell me about a time you had significant and unexpected problems when trying to accomplish a key goal. • What is something you recently learned and wished others knew about? Windows How do you find the OS version? What do you use to remotely manage servers? What is TCP & UDP? What services/app use TCP? What services/app use UDP? How does DNS work? What information is sent with a DNS record? What happens when you open a browser and navigate to google.com? Explain the backend processes in detail and the information sent. What are common HTTP response codes? What does HTTP 403 mean? What is GPO? How is GPO deployed?

1. How do you rollback patch updates for 100 users? 2. A employee working from home is connected to Wifi but cannot access internet - Explain troubleshooting steps (in this he expects you to give a one particular step that will work ) 3. A employee can see all meeting schedules in outlook but one scheduled meeting is not getting reflected (explain the steps) 4. User in video conference room trying to mirror his screen but facing issues (explain troubleshooting steps) 5. there were many more scenario based questions
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IT Desktop Support Engineer

Interviewed at Kore.ai

3.3
Sep 12, 2022

1. How do you rollback patch updates for 100 users? 2. A employee working from home is connected to Wifi but cannot access internet - Explain troubleshooting steps (in this he expects you to give a one particular step that will work ) 3. A employee can see all meeting schedules in outlook but one scheduled meeting is not getting reflected (explain the steps) 4. User in video conference room trying to mirror his screen but facing issues (explain troubleshooting steps) 5. there were many more scenario based questions

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