Hyland OnBase System Administrator/Developer Interview Questions

A collection of Hyland OnBase System Administrator/Developer mostly technical interview questions. Feel free to contribute via pull requests, issues or email messages.

Table of Contents

1. Contributors
2. General Questions
3. Simple OnBase Questions
4. Medium OnBase Questions
5. Hard OnBase Questions
6. Expert OnBase Questions
7. Networking Questions
8. Windows Server Questions
9. HTML Questions

####[⬆] Contributors:

• ayodernm

####[⬆] General Questions:

• What did you learn yesterday/this week?
• Tell me about the biggest mistake you've made in [some recent time period] and how you would do it differently today. What did you learn from this experience?
• What function does DNS play on a network?
• Why is HTTPS preferred over HTTP?
• What is an HTTP proxy and how does it work?
• What is SMTP? Give the basic scenario of how a mail message is delivered via SMTP!
• What is RAID? What is RAID0, RAID1, RAID5, RAID10?
• Explain what you think constitutes a good backup strategy.

####[⬆] Simple OnBase Questions:

• Explain a basic layout of how OnBase clients communicate with the application.
• Where are files stored in OnBase?
• What database management systems (DBMS) are supported by OnBase?
• Where would one go to make a modification to an existing Workflow?
• Describe the process of configuring a new Document Type.
• Describe the process of creating a custom query.
• How would you change the auto-name string on a document type? Would these changes reflect on existing documents or only newly created ones?
• What are print formats and what are they used for?
• Walk me through the lifecycle of a document.

####[⬆] Medium OnBase Questions:

• Explain the difference between resetting the application cache and performing an IIS reset.
• Users are reporting that OnBase is slow, what steps can you take to troubleshoot this? Are there any tools that would help track performance issues?
• Explain the pros/cons of a ClickOnce deployment
• How would you change the homepage in the Unity Client?
• What is a scan format and how could you automate the setup of it?
• What is an auto fill keyword set and how can it speed up the indexing of documents?
• What are some different ways to import external content into OnBase besides scanning or sweeping?

####[⬆] Hard OnBase Questions:

• Give an example of a process you have automated using OnBase.
• How would you reassign an item in an existing load balancing queue?
• Explain how to setup and a configure a timer to perform a pre-defined task.

####[⬆] Expert OnBase Questions:

• How would you automate updating an auto fill keyword set?
• What are some strategies for handling document retention?
• Explain the different ways information can be encrypted at rest and in transit in OnBase.
• Explain one way that the migration of information can be handled between OnBase environments. (Such as TEST and PRODUCTION)

####[⬆] Networking Questions:

• What is the similarity between "ping" & "traceroute" ? How is traceroute able to find the hops.
• How would one determine what ports are open on a Windows machine?
• Is 300.168.0.123 a valid IPv4 address?
• What is the difference between TCP and UDP?
• What is the purpose of a default gateway?
• When a client running a web browser connects to a web server, what is the source port and what is the destination port of the connection?
• What is a static IP address and why is it useful?
• What is a DMZ and why is it useful?

####[⬆] Windows Server Questions:

• Describe the process of recycling a web application on a Windows Server running IIS
• What capabilities does Windows offer out of the box for monitoring system performance or issues?
• Where would you go to look for application errors or system errors?
• Explain how Group Policy works in a Windows environment
• How could you automate the configuration of servers using the Windows toolkit?
• How could you automate the provisioning of servers and ensure consistency between environments?
• How do you check if a Windows Service is running using PowerShell?
• How do you run a Windows Service using an Active Directory account?
• Where would you go to see what web applications are running on a Windows web server?
• Is it better to do an in place upgrade of a Windows Server or a clean install? Explain your reasoning.

####[⬆] HTML Questions:

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