I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Red Hat (Raleigh, NC) in Apr 2015
Interview
Short and to the point. Not really looking for what you already know about Linux, but more about what is on your resume, your personality, and what you know about Red Hat
On-site interview which was made of 2 parts. Each part took about an hour:
- Technical interview with my (future) colleagues
- Managerial interview with my (future) manager
I've received an offer within the next week.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Q1: Explain linux boot process.
Q2: Explain what kickstart is.
Q3: Troubleshooting scenario. Website is down, explain how you would troubleshoot this.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Red Hat (Brno) in Dec 2014
Interview
I was contacted by a recruiter (aka Talent Acquisition Specialist). I responded and we setup an initial phone interview. The recruiter did most of the talking. They found me through LinkedIn and GitHub. Then the recruiter setup an interview with the people from the team that I was being considered for.
This second interview was two hours.
First hour was a technical interview with three people asking me technical stuff, focused on troubleshooting and explaining concepts in a structured way.
During the second hour I spoke with a manager. He asked me some more customer-focused questions and we did a role-play where he pretended to be an angry customer.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Customer tells you they have a system that won't boot. How can you help them fix it?
You have an LVM setup like this. You have run out of space on your filesystem, you cannot delete data, and you do not have any more storage devices. Where can you look for more storage space?
/dev/sda -> physical volume -> volume group -> logical volume -> filesystem -> /mnt/stuff