I applied through a recruiter. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Rackspace Technology (London, England) in Apr 2015
Interview
First entered their portal and applied.
After a couple of days got a response from their HR department.
Had a call with them to see what where the possibilities.
First round, online technical test on basic Linux / Programming / Configuration Management
Second round, Skype interview with two technical leads.
The interview was around broad general knowledge on configuration management and networks.
Third round, Skype interview with live technical test, Git / Programming
Fourth round, on-site, half day interviews with team, team leads and management, again technical tests
I applied in-person. I interviewed at Rackspace Technology (Noida)
Interview
interviewer was not good, he did partiality with me to keep other candidates through this own referral. Any person who has already given referral to other candidates should not take the interview of any other candidate.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Rackspace Technology (Austin, TX) in Sep 2023
Interview
I met with the Hiring manager and then 4 other team members for individual interviews for one on one interviews. Entire process moved pretty fast compared to other companies. I felt that from the start of the process this was not going to be whats been typical in tech market for interviews as of late.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Rackspace Technology in Oct 2016
Interview
First started with a contact from a recruiter where they ask basic personality questions and what your career goals are. Then a phone screen with an engineer that lasted about 30 minutes where they asked techincal questions about OS and AWS as well as how to troubleshoot issues. Then an onsite interview for about 2 hours with 2 panel interviews, one with three engineers and the other with two managers. Engineers asked more technical questions on OS and AWS while the managers asked mostly cultural fit questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Explain how to design a highly available and fault tolerant architecture for a customer who is just starting up his/her business. Explain DNS. Explain CloudFormation and other CM tools. How do you stop a process in Linux? How do you find commands in the shell? How do you deal with a coworker who is not pulling his/her weight? What was a time you were under tremendous pressure?
