Lambda linux interview

Round 4 of 7 · 1 question reported

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Length
60 min
Format
Hands-on on a headless Ubuntu cloud VM over SSH, in a shared tmux session; bring an SSH key
Heads-up
Reported tasks: delete a file named "-rf *", count errors and the top IP in a log with shell tools, then download and serve an image on localhost through planted faults (broken DNS, a filesystem out of inodes, a service that respawns). Hints are given; the approach is what is watched.

Questions Lambda asks in this round 1

  • Hands-on Linux troubleshooting on a broken Ubuntu serverCodingLockedYou SSH into a headless Ubuntu cloud VM (bring your SSH key) and share a tmux session with the interviewer, who watches how you work. First look around and say what seems wrong…
    Possibly retired