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      Linux Systems Architect Interview

      8 Apr 2015
      Anonymous interview candidate
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon in Jan 2015

      Interview

      I was contacted by a first-tier recruiter who did basic, very low-level, weed-out questions. From there I was deferred to a technical contact who was not associated with the location nor team I was interviewing for to face a second-tier of questions to guarantee technical prowess. The third tier interview was with multiple people over the phone with even more direct technical questions. All of the question were very directly-focused on particular tasks/commands (what flag would do this function in this program), etc. The third tier interviews were very complimentary and gave good feedback, explaining the next tier of interviewing and suggesting I'd be contacted for that. I did not hear any further. After a week I contacted the recruiter to verify if I was still being considered (I was not sure if I'd just been "lost in the shuffle") and was advised I am no longer being considered.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Explain the boot process of a machine from the provision of power to accessing a full multi-user environment.
      Answer question
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