{"id":26263,"date":"2016-07-19T09:27:48","date_gmt":"2016-07-19T07:27:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=26263"},"modified":"2016-07-19T09:27:48","modified_gmt":"2016-07-19T07:27:48","slug":"10-favorite-job-interview-questions-for-linux-system-administrators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2016\/07\/19\/10-favorite-job-interview-questions-for-linux-system-administrators\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Favorite Job Interview Questions for Linux System Administrators"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As someone who interviews a lot of people (mostly for the web development positions though, not system administration), I’m always looking for more ideas on what to ask the candidates. \u00a0Today I came across “10 Favorite Job Interview Questions for Linux System Administrators<\/a>“, which has a few\u00a0of bits that I liked.<\/p>\n

First of all, this GitHub repository<\/a> is super awesomeness. \u00a0It also links to a few other resources with more questions and ideas. \u00a0Not only for sysadmin interviews.<\/p>\n

Then, this one is funny, yet somewhat challenging:<\/p>\n

2. Name and describe a different Linux\/Unix command for each letter of the alphabet. But also, describe how a common flush toilet works.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It also checks that you know the alphabet.<\/p>\n

9. Print the content of a file backwards.<\/p>\n

\u201cI like broad questions where each person could give a different answer depending on their depth of knowledge. My personal answer is 8 characters not including the filename.\u201d – Marc Merlin, Google.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This one caught me by surprise. \u00a0My immediate thought was “tac some_file<\/em>“, but that’s obviously not enough. \u00a0tac<\/em> only prints the lines in reverse order. \u00a0Which is not the same as reversing the file. \u00a0Perl to the rescue, but I wonder what’s the most elegant way to do it without the scripting language.<\/p>\n

As always, interview questions are not only useful for the interviews. \u00a0They are a good measure of your own knowledge gaps and habit pitfalls. \u00a0This time was no exception.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n

As someone who interviews a lot of people (mostly for the web development positions though, not system administration), I’m always looking for more ideas on what to ask the candidates. \u00a0Today I came across “10 Favorite Job Interview Questions for Linux System Administrators“, which has a few\u00a0of bits that I liked. First of all, this … Continue reading 10 Favorite Job Interview Questions for Linux System Administrators<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"10 Favorite Job Interview Questions for Linux System Administrators #SysAdmin #interview #HR","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,6,133,62],"tags":[1793,1251],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-26263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-linux","category-sysadmin","category-technology","tag-human-resource","tag-interviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t