I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at VAST Data (Haifa)
Interview
3 technically reviews, all by the hiring managers, followed by HR.
Process can be concluded on less than 2 weeks from first interview. First and second could be done by zoom, third was in office.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given a Linux kernel driver handling a hw component with multiple hw queues (network or storage oriented) that can be used independently, describe a userspace sw stack and userspace_kernel apis that would allow a multi process environment utilise the underlying hw queues from their application
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at VAST Data (Tel Aviv-Yafo) in Jun 2020
Interview
3 technical reviews starting with recruiting team lead, followed by an HR review and screening. Technical reviews revolve mostly around clustered behavior, raid and error correction code but vary according to the team
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Can you describe Paxos? What are the cons and pros of it? Given a specific set of constraints can you think of alternative approaches to clustered election