If I were interviewing him and he gave those answers I'd definitely give him a second round and try to get him in.
I can't fathom a scenario where a tech person would need to dump down something like SYN-ACKs and iNodes for a non-technical person. It's one thing if you are trying to explain performance trade-offs to non-technical…
The right solution is to have a technical person conduct this test.
If I were interviewing him and he gave those answers I'd definitely give him a second round and try to get him in.
I can't fathom a scenario where a tech person would need to dump down something like SYN-ACKs and iNodes for a non-technical person. It's one thing if you are trying to explain performance trade-offs to non-technical…
The right solution is to have a technical person conduct this test.