Linux Software Engineer Interview Questions

Linux Systems Administrator I

Interviewed at Rackspace Technology

3.5★

Mar 26, 2013

I am a Debian guy so when I dropped into the technical and it was CentOS I was a little out of my element for a bit.

Senior Linux Engineer

Interviewed at Morgan Stanley

3.9★

May 8, 2024

Why would a server be slow Why cant a user ssh? How to troubleshoot a down server?

Cloud Support Engineer Linux

Interviewed at Amazon Web Services

3.6★

Oct 21, 2024

whats DNS and what happens when you type a domain but cant resolve it to an IP adresses? How do you troubleshoot network? What happens when I type WWW.amazon,com on web browswer?

Cloud Support Engineer Linux

Interviewed at Amazon Web Services

3.6★

Feb 28, 2024

Explain the process of a TCP handshake and TLS handshake How DNS Works How to troubleshoot a slow server (thought process) Linux boot process A time you went above and beyond How you handled a difficult situation

VP - Linux/Storage production support

Interviewed at State Street

3.4★

Nov 4, 2024

How would you configure storage on linux ?

Linux Systems Administrator

Interviewed at GCI

3.6★

Jul 4, 2017

What is a database index?

Linux Systems Administrator

Interviewed at Veritran

3.3★

Jun 3, 2025

Validan tu experiencia y si tienes habilidades blandas y

Junior Linux Administrator

Interviewed at Support Sages

3.6★

Jun 13, 2018

what is the user of mkfs

Junior Linux Administrator

Interviewed at Support Sages

3.6★

Jun 13, 2018

what is inode

Junior Linux Administrator

Interviewed at Support Sages

3.6★

Jun 13, 2018

what is the use of server alias