Linux Software Engineer Interview Questions

Linux Systems Administrative

Interviewed at Express Scripts

3★

Jul 10, 2014

One question involved compiling a Binary on a system that didn't allow compliling. A simple question but it was worded in an awkward and counter-intuitive manner.

Principal Embedded Linux Engineer

Interviewed at Fitbit

4★

Aug 18, 2014

Someone asked how to count the number of bits in a 32 bit integer.

Linux Systems Administrator

Interviewed at Samba TV

3.9★

Feb 5, 2019

Network architect question had to do with how you would design a public facing service with millions of simultaneous customers.

Linux Administrator

Interviewed at CodeForce

4★

Dec 5, 2017

If you want only 40 lines in a draft to be printed, what command would you use?

How to create a multiple file by date?

Linux Device Driver Entry Level

Interviewed at SAI Technology

2.6★

Jul 25, 2010

System calls and interrupts and diff between soft irqs and tasklets vs workqueues

Junior Linux Administrative

Interviewed at UCA Services

2.8★

May 6, 2014

List all files hidden

Linux Support Engineer

Interviewed at KTree

3.2★

Jul 14, 2017

what will you do when screen is in a blank mode?

Linux Administrator

Interviewed at A-1 Technology (New York)

3.3★

Nov 24, 2019

BIOS related

Linux Support Specialist

Interviewed at ServerHub

3.5★

Jul 7, 2022

Linux-based questions: Virtualization Web hosting C panel Linux commands to check memory