Linux Systems Engineer Interview Questions

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1. What does the command “free” do? 2. What does the command “top” do? 3. What does “vi” do? 4. How would you set permissions to read-write-execute for the file owner, and nothing for anyone else? 5. What command lists the contacts of the current directory? 6. What character means “current user’s home directory? During the phone interview, the tech person asked: what is the key difference between puppet and ansible?
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Linux Systems Engineer

Interviewed at PRGX Global

3.8
Jul 30, 2018

1. What does the command “free” do? 2. What does the command “top” do? 3. What does “vi” do? 4. How would you set permissions to read-write-execute for the file owner, and nothing for anyone else? 5. What command lists the contacts of the current directory? 6. What character means “current user’s home directory? During the phone interview, the tech person asked: what is the key difference between puppet and ansible?

Many. Generally, they test your knowledge by asking you questions until they get an "I don't know" answer. This lets them know where your skills rest, and then they will ask you to take an educated guess to the "I don't know" based upon what you do know.
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Linux Systems Administrator

Interviewed at Rackspace Technology

3.5
Jan 17, 2014

Many. Generally, they test your knowledge by asking you questions until they get an "I don't know" answer. This lets them know where your skills rest, and then they will ask you to take an educated guess to the "I don't know" based upon what you do know.

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