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Allwyn_Mascarenhas
Allwyn_Mascarenhas
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January 10, 2016
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Need guidance on preparing for fortigate interviews and possible questions

  • January 10, 2016
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HI fortiguys,

 

I've been working with fortigates for close to year now.

 

And at the moment preparing for my interview for a different better firm.

 

Could y'all please point me in the direction of what kind of fortigate related questions will i mostly face.

 

My fortigate skillset section is as follows:

 

 Fortinet Experience:

o Familiar with Fortigate 30D, 60D, 70D, 100D, 200D models o Configuring IPSEC (site-to-site) and Remote Access (SSL) VPNs o Configuring firewall policies to manage and monitor traffic flow o Applying UTM features like web filtering, application control, anti-virus, email filtering with certificate SSL Inspection o Configuring Fortigate in HA mode for redundancy o Static NAT configuration o Debugging firewall configurations using the FortiOS inbuilt debugging and sniffer functionalities o Configured user authentication policies with LDAP server authentication

 

I would really appreciate some help on how best to go about preparing for the interview and what questions can one ask out of these topics i have included.

THANKS!

      1 reply

      emnoc
      emnoc
      New Member
      January 11, 2016

      That's a load question ( pun intended ). Do some research on  the firm that your interviewing for

       

      e.g

       

      MSSP

      ITcorp

      Health or K-12

       

      Nobody here can could remotely guess what firm your interviewing for muchless what they would ask. Just be prepared and don't BS anybody and you  should be good.

       

      Ken

      Allwyn_Mascarenhas
      Allwyn_MascarenhasAuthor
      New Member
      January 11, 2016

      Hi 

       

      I was thinking of some general questions one could ask a fortigate engineer. 

       

      For eg VPN concepts seem very important now, but im confused whether the workings of a fortigate site to site and ssl vpn is same as that of a cisco vpn. Of course the general idea of a vpn is the same but could there be any major differences between the two which one should focus on? 

       

      Also how the utm features like anti virus, webfilter, IPS function on a fortigate etc. 

       

      Thanks

      emnoc
      emnoc
      New Member
      January 11, 2016

      A cisco vpn conceptually is the same but they are technical develop, deployed or administrated the same. It's the same like a  Toyota and Chevy are both cars but not 100% the same.

       

      You asking us to determine a question but you need to know what you know."You have it or don't". Just be honest in your responses and I'm sure you will do good. Research the org and determine what they do or the needs or the customers.

       

      You might find out the interviewer are weak or not so experience . Also prepared to get past experiences in examples and projects.

       

      Once again, I'm sure you will do good.

       

       

       

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