Quite an interesting one. To me, while skills and experience are important, I would largely look at academic/professional qualifications and the attitude-can do it and willing to try it attitude, and  all others are acquired over time.  In fact, this reminds me of an interview I attended at KQ some years back. And when I look back, all I say is well, May be it's the reason they have as a company posted "very good" results YoY.

Regards,
Patrick

On Oct 13, 2016 6:48 PM, "Noah Ogori via skunkworks" <skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:

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> Good one too GG.
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> IT manager Questions should be done with specific organizational goals in mind , if the company is looking for someone who will lead it to using new technologies not existing the organization , then they're not looking for a techie manager they are looking for a project manager (i suspect that's what they're looking for in this case) , if they're looking for a manager to come in and take control over the systems and technologies the organization has invested in , then they're looking for the guy who's been in the trenches and seen it all from cable laying to server setups to disaster recovery preparedness or in some cases has been involved in disaster recovery (most companies i'm sure don't do the disaster recovery preparedness drills , but most bank IT guys know what i'm talking of) , then there are those who are looking for someone who will help the organization in getting "more from their investments" , here you're looking at the IT idea think tank , basically integrations , automation ,new services (at no cost apart from human resource and dev feature enhancements )  , this guy basically has a vast experience with systems and probably has certificates from all over
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> All organizations will have to go through these types of managers.
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> On Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 9:10 AM, Peter Karunyu via skunkworks <skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:

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>> Okay guys, out of curiosity, what questions would you ask an applicant to an IT Manager position? What qualifications and experience would you look for?
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>> Would you prefer an academic IT Manager, one with all the right papers and qualifications, who is very familiar with all the buzzwords, but who cant roll up his sleeves and solve intricate tech problems? I am sure most of you have met this kind of IT manager, and remember him/her well, and not for good reasons.
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>> or would you prefer a person born and bred in the trenches, who has seen and done it all, but happens not to have all the shiny papers.
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>> Because, IMHO, people who have both are either self employed, not available or too darn expensive.
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>> On Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 8:59 AM, Jared Koyier via skunkworks <skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:

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>>> On 13 October 2016 at 08:22, James Maina via skunkworks <skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:

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>>>> Hahahaha those are academic question he got as take away CAT he need answered for free.....just thinking loud.
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>>> True, this guy is doing his assignments through Skunkworks.
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>>> Sincerely,
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