Rackspace Interview Questions & Reviews in Austin, TX Area
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Updated May 28, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Network Security Administrator I at Rackspace
Posted May 28, 2012
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Dec 2011 in Austin, TX (took 1 week)
Got a phone interview first with recruiter. She asked 10 network-related questions that had a right or wrong answer. They were a nitty-gritty questions (ie. port number of SNMP, types of encryption used over networks, subnetting.)
Next I was offered an in-person interview. Consisted of a technical portion and culture portion. Technical portion was very fair; hiring manager and subordinate asked me conceptual questions about networking. Culture did a personality analysis as well as situational questions.
Got an offer a few days later.
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Negotiation Details
They were willing to negotiate if you have certifications. Be sure to research what salary you're looking for and the average of that position in Austin.
Other Details
I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a Group/Panel Interview and a Background Check.
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Windows Systems Administrator II at Rackspace
Posted Apr 2, 2012
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2012 in Austin, TX (took 3 days)
The Company is a dream to work and I still want to be a racker...I was not accepted because I have some accent on my pronunciation, the hiring manager is really a cool guy and God will help me to work for this company in the future
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Product Manager III at Rackspace
Posted Mar 16, 2012
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1.0
Very Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2012 in Austin, TX (took 4+ weeks)
Pretty standard PM interview. Tell me about your previous product management experience, how would you handle a customer request for a roadmap, etc. Second-round interviews held in San Antonio office were much of the same. Met the engineering team, heard about what they were doing, etc, etc.
Reason for Declining
I'm not really excited about their products/services. Not their fault, I just want to do something I find interesting while getting paid.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Linux Engineer III at Rackspace
Posted Dec 22, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Dec 2011 in Austin, TX (took 3 months)
I applied for the role in late September and finally heard back nearly three months later. Once I did hear back from the internal recruiter, however, a phone screen was set up very quickly. A lead engineer contacted me at home and was courteous and professional. The technical questions were not overly difficult, but I wasn't expecting to be asked about load balancer configuration or database query troubleshooting. The successful candidate will need to be extremely well-rounded. It was fairly clear less than halfway through the hour-long phone call that I didn't have the technical breadth they were looking for, but the caller was thorough and polite. I heard back from the recruiter the very next day.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Systems Administrator II at Rackspace
Posted Nov 3, 2011 — 2 of 2 people found this helpful
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Feb 2011 in Austin, TX (took 3 days)
First of all its been said its easier to get into Harvard then it is to get into Rackspace. I have been in contact with them for 3 different jobs. All of which I have had lengthy and multiple phone interviews. First is the initial meet and greet phone call and a discussion of the position applying for. Second was a general initial skills assessment. Third was a 1.5 hour in-depth skill test with a senior tech. Fourth is a follow up phone screen with general results. Fifth would have been an in house panel interview. But I decline before the panel interview because their salary offering is generally 10k lower than the typical mean for the industry.
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Reason for Declining
salary offer was very low. $10k less than previous positions of equal or lesser experience required.
Other Details
The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test and a Skills Test.
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Security Network Administrator at Rackspace
Posted Sep 3, 2010
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Aug 2010 in Austin, TX (took 1 week)
I applied online and HR called me back to set an appointment for a phone interview with another HR recruiter, they were very punctual with their phone call, they asked some usual questions about what my responsibilities were in my previous job, if I knew anything about the company, why was I looking for another job, and the second part was technical questions. Such as How do you connect remotely to a Linux server, What's the difference between Telnet and SSH, What are the advantages or what is VPN, what is IPsec? Why is a stateful firewall better? For IPsec what would I choose ESP or AH and why?
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